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According to a Harris Poll from 2005 [http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=548], 40% of all Americans identify as moderates, 35% as conservatives, and 18% as liberals. This gives a liberal quotient of about 1:2. These numbers have been fairly constant during the last decades.
According to a Harris Poll from 2005 [http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=548], 40% of all Americans identify as moderates, 35% as conservatives, and 18% as liberals. This gives a liberal quotient of about 1:2. These numbers have been fairly constant during the last decades.
A [[Wikipedia]] user can choose from 32 different categories to self-identify their political ideology [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_by_political_ideology]. There are 240 users who self-identify as liberal,{{fact}} and 75 who self-identify as conservative.{{fact}} This means that the group of editors on Wikipedia that chose to self-identify has a liberal quotient of about 3:1. This explanation ignores any statistical problems such as [[sampling error]] and [[selection bias]].
A [[Wikipedia]] user can choose from 32 different categories to self-identify their political ideology [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_by_political_ideology]. There are 240 users who self-identify as liberal,{{fact}} and 75 who self-identify as conservative.{{fact}} This means that the group of editors on Wikipedia that chose to self-identify has a liberal quotient of about 3:1.
Groups having a high liberal quotient would include university faculties, the National Education Association, the leadership of the [[Democratic Party]], the management of the ''Village Voice'' and ''New York Times'', and the leaders of the [[ACLU]]. Groups having a low liberal quotient would include a trade association of small business owners, an association of Christian athletes, and worshipers at church on an ordinary Sunday, with the exception of black protestant congregations [http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=174].
Groups having a high liberal quotient would include university faculties, the National Education Association, the leadership of the [[Democratic Party]], the management of the ''Village Voice'' and ''New York Times'', and the leaders of the [[ACLU]]. Groups having a low liberal quotient would include a trade association of small business owners, an association of Christian athletes, and worshipers at church on an ordinary Sunday, with the exception of black protestant congregations [http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=174].
* It compares the outcome of a poll in which respondent can only choose one option, with one a self-identification project, in which users can choose as many options as they like.
* It compares the outcome of a poll in which respondent can only choose one option, with one a self-identification project, in which users can choose as many options as they like.
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