@Ted more accurately for me: progressive.

@lightweight Yes,, but that still sits within the political spectrum as listed, does it not?

@Ted I suppose so, but there are properties of each of the stereotypical designations that I don't conform to... I'm not fully any of those characterisations. For example, I'm scientific, evidence-focused, and push for broader education. Not sure where that sits in that spectrum.

@lightweight Broader education? Better education for the masses? That is a socialist trait, I would suggest.

@Ted As would I. But some would say that prioritising education is elitist...

@lightweight How can it be? It enables people. The Right want good education for their own, but a highly educated electorate in general is not to their advantage, We saw that with the EU Referendum (Brexit) in the UK. The facts were quite clear. The less one's educational achievement, the more likely you were to vote for Leave.

@Ted I suppose many people think that taking the time out from just surviving is a luxury to which only the privileged can avail themselves. In the US, I've noticed a strong anti-education undercurrent, and some of it seems left-based.

@lightweight @Ted not to butt in to y'all's conversation *but* ... As a self identified socialist I'd say a lot of "left" American voters, particularly those who'd identify more with personal freedoms' arguments are unfortunately anti education because they believe in a lot of pseudo science. The regrettably left spirituality movement is full of vaccine deniers, conspiracy theories etc. Hippies, white people with dread locs and bindis etc. Folks that are culturally insensitive, usually ableist. I've had the frequent displeasure of coming across folks like this who at first you like and then all of a sudden some anti-science bs comes out of their mouths and you have to back away slowly... I don't think those folks fit well into a nuanced and historically educated version of leftism. They don't have a real understanding of political systems and have a primarily selfish and reactionary perspective which has them voting left for things like weed legalization and LGBT rights when it suits them while ignoring other social issues that do not pertain to them.