The chart only goes back to the beginning of 2001, but the data in the PDF link goes back to August of 1999, where the economic split is 44 conservative, 38 moderate, and 16 liberal. There is no significant change across the 9/11 event. Besides, what would 9/11 have to do with economic ideas?
"Moderates" going down may just be a matter of people who've never thought about this stuff starting to learn something.
"conservative" and "liberal" combine those basic responses with the subcategories of "very conservative" and "very liberal."
"Very conservative" has gone up from 4 to 11 percent since 1999. "Very liberal" has gone up from 2 percent to 4 percent, which puts it about even with "no opinion." In either case, the "very" (or as you put it, "hard") category isn't that big a chunk.
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9/11 happened at the end of 2001.
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- Latest poll on conservatism and liberalism
- What Conservatives say always sounds good. Everyone agrees. What they do is exactly the opposite.
- Where the heck do you get a "trillion"?
- Here's a pretty good reference.
- Tax cuts. The facts.
- Tax cuts. In wartime. First ever. Talk about fiscal irresponsibility.
- There's different ways to interpret those numbers. But tell me, regardless of the of the economy, does a tax cut increase or decrease the deficit? n/t
- Where the heck do you get a "trillion"?
- The graph nicely illustrates the radicalization of the right
- Do you have a link to the poll questions? n/t
- What Conservatives say always sounds good. Everyone agrees. What they do is exactly the opposite.