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The three factions sat in different sections of the large assembly hall, with the [[radicals]] (liberals) sitting on the left, the moderates sitting in the center, and the Conservatives sitting on the right.  That gave rise to the left-center-right terminology that we still use today in the United States to describe these three political groups.

The three factions sat in different sections of the large assembly hall, with the [[radicals]] (liberals) sitting on the left, the moderates sitting in the center, and the Conservatives sitting on the right.  That gave rise to the left-center-right terminology that we still use today in the United States to describe these three political groups.

The number of people who consider themselves moderates in the United States today outweighs those who consider themselves liberal or conservative, and that number has remained constant since the middle 1970s.<ref>http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=444</ref>

The number of people who consider themselves moderates in the United States historically ouweighed those who consider themselves liberal or conservative, and that number remained constant since the middle 1970s.<ref>http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=444</ref> A more recent [[Gallup]] poll from 2009 showed that that has changed, though, and more people identify as conservative now. <ref>http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Conservatives-Single-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx</ref>

 

 

"“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.<ref>http://www.openbible.info/topics/lukewarm_christians</ref>

==See also==

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