Conflicted Conservatism

Earlier in the semester, we learned about the phenomenon known as "conflicted conservatism," where those who claim to be conservative actually take up viewpoints that are known to be more liberal. While this concept is found with a lot of current issues, the current issue of health care reform does not appear to be one of them.

According to recent poll results released from Rasmussen Reports on Monday, only 73 percent of Democrats currently approve of the proposed health care reforms, while 83 percent of Republicans oppose the bill along with 70 percent of Independents. This same poll finds that only 38 percent of Americans approve of the bill.

These findings are interesting as it shows almost the opposite of conflicted conservatism. It appears that on this issue, there is more of a conflicted liberalism, as a vast majority of registered Democrats are not in favor of these proposed health care reforms that the president from their party is in favor of.