Sentence examples for conservative or moderate from inspiring English sources

Mr. Romney was backed by more voters who described themselves as only somewhat conservative or moderate.

When asked to categorize the Republican candidates in turn, the overwhelming majority of people described them as "conservative" or "moderate".

"Only in San Francisco you can be pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, anti-death penalty, pro-gun control, pro-rent control and be considered a conservative or moderate.

In districts that are reliably Democratic, for example, the two candidates who will face each other in the general election may both be Democrats, but Republican voters could help a conservative or moderate Democrat get to the run-off and then elect him over his more liberal alternative.

It is a measure of the dread among Democrats and their labor allies that several unions are no longer threatening to withhold endorsements from some conservative or moderate Democrats, like Representative Zack Space of Ohio, because they had bucked labor on health care legislation or other issues.

Exit polling asked voters to identify themselves as either liberal or conservative or moderate.

Remember, also, one of them will decide whether the United States Supreme Court becomes ultra-conservative or moderate.

Are they considered conservative, liberal or moderate?

"We tend to label these guys as liberal or conservative, Islamist or moderate, pro-U.S. or anti-U.S.," said Gregory Gause, a Saudi expert at the University of Vermont.

The number of voters who identified themselves in exit polls as conservative, liberal or moderate remained virtually unchanged between 2004 and 2008 — and in fact, those numbers have been more or less steady for decades.

The contenders are under pressure to manufacture a convincing victory and demonstrate their control over at least one key section of the party's base - fiscal conservatives, nationalists, social conservatives or moderates.