Reply #47: that number doesn't mean much.

[Radical Activist]

Everyone likes to think of themselves as moderate, even if they hold liberal positions on the issues, because the world liberal has been trashed so much without being defended.
Its pretty simple. You pick the liberal positions on issue that have majority support and promote the hell out of them. That will win people over to our side and get something accomplished. Moderate voters will also respect the party much more if we do that as opposed to speaking meekly about half-measures that excite no one. For example, a far-reaching and dramatic proposal to help the environment will gain more attention and win us more support than a weak compromise measure that does little, even if we have to combat strong opposition from conservatives.