political spectrum
People use the political spectrum to evaluate where they are politically, whether they are more liberal or conservative. The right, or conservative, side of the political spectrum consists of the republicans while the left, or liberal, side consists of the democrats. I tend to lean toward the left liberal side of the political spectrum, although sometimes I agree with conservative ideas as well. Although I agree with some of the conservative ideas, I am a center-left moderate social libertarian, meaning that I agree with more liberal ideas than conservative ideas. The left and liberal side of the political spectrum consists of ideas more about equal opportunities. It is also more socialist, meaning more governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. The right and conservative side consists of republicans and they rely more on ideas of a strong military and more nationalism, or loyalty and devotion to one’s nation. I agree with the more liberal side of topics such as abortion, gun control, and same-sex marriage. Liberalist's believe that a woman has the right to decide what happens with her body, and that the decision to have an abortion is a personal choice of a woman and the government must protect this right. I agree with the liberalists beliefs on this because a woman should have the right to do what she feels is best since it is her body. I also agree with liberalists' when it comes to the issue of gun control. Liberalist's support the ideas that individuals do not need guns for protection, and that it is the role of the government to protect the people. They believe that more guns means more violence and that additional gun control laws are necessary to stop gun violence and limit the ability of criminals to obtain guns. I support liberalists on this issue as well because I feel that stricter laws are about the topic of gun control and who can obtain them, the less violence will occur. I support what