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Vanderbilt Poll: Tennesseans are more moderate than people think
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 16, 2017 11:47am |
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| Category | Poll |
| Author | Liz Entman |
| News Date | Thursday, December 14, 2017 04:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | “Conventional wisdom says that Tennessee is a ruby-red state, but the data from the Vanderbilt Poll does not always square with such a claim,” Geer said. “When we asked Tennesseans to characterize their fellow citizens’ ideological leanings, 62 percent believe their fellow Tennesseans to be conservative or very conservative. Yet when you ask these same people to rate their own ideological leanings, just 48 percent describe themselves that way.”
In other words: There is a 14-point gap between perception and reality. In fact, the state is evenly balanced between conservatives (48 percent) and those who identify as moderate (31) or liberal (17).
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