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synonym for "Liberal" - or just plain meaningless
'''Progressive''' is new term that most [[politician|politicians]] who considered themselves to be [[liberal]] have given themselves. The term came about short before the [[2006 elections]]. It implemented to help distance politicians, mainly [[Democrats]], for the negative history associated with various members of the party at that time. It also was meant to create a belief that [[conservatives]] were not able to think of a progressive{{circular}} future for the [[United States]].
'''Progressive''' policies, in [[political science]], are those which make progress towards goals seen as benefiting society. Since all politicians claim that their ideas and policies are meant to benefit the public, calling a policy "progressive" is thus practically meaningless. In US politics, "progressive" is a synonym for "[[Liberal]]", used to evade the bad connotation of the latter term.
The term ''Progressive'' is new term that most [[politician|politicians]] who considered themselves to be [[liberal]] have given themselves. The term came about short before the [[2006 elections]]. It implemented to help distance politicians, mainly [[Democrats]], for the negative history associated with various members of the party at that time. It also was meant to create a belief that [[conservatives]] were not able to think of a progressive{{circular}} future for the [[United States]].
While the term has been popular among the [[media]], most of the population still refers to the two major philosophies as [[conservative]] and liberal. The majority opinion of this event is because the current population has a set history with these two titles. Also its easier to visualization the contrasts between conservative and liberal instead of conservative and progressive.
While the term has been popular among the [[media]], most of the population still refers to the two major philosophies as [[conservative]] and liberal. The majority opinion of this event is because the current population has a set history with these two titles. Also its easier to visualization the contrasts between conservative and liberal instead of conservative and progressive.
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