But do not get cocky says Steven Green on Instapundit

A swing to the right?

Is this good news or bad news? It depends upon what the word "right" means. For those on the left, it is bad. For those on the "right", who identify with that word, it must be good news. What DO these words mean? Let's go over the article first in order to try to answer these questions.

Excerpts:

----Morning Consult has five years worth of data with 8.6 million participants. These are registered voters. Trend is against the left over this time, according to their data.

--- Another phrase worth considering: "ideological spectrum". This phrase is used in the article, and it may have been used in the poll. But that is unclear. One thing IS clear--- Morning Consult is using the left-center-right Marxist paradigm. It is based upon the dialectic. Look that one up. Not going to discuss it here. Let's stick with the polls.

---The article identifies "right" with "conservative". Once again, this a point worth considering. Are the two terms synonymous? This isn't mere pedantry. What DO these words mean? For example, you couldn't be anti-Nazi if you are "hard right". Or could you? If so, then are "conservatives" pro-Nazi then? If "conservatives" ARE anti-Nazi, then are they communist? Those may seem to be silly questions, but in my opinion, this entire discussion is silly.

---The same goes with "liberal". The poll seems to be using this term too, with respect to the left. Are "liberals" leftward? They seem to be these days. But are they really "liberal"? Liberal means "free". Leftism isn't about freedom. It seems to be about "free stuff". There's something funny going on with the language. That's a whole different topic which has been discussed by many, including Dan Bongino and the late Rush Limbaugh. However, nobody seems to be willing to shed light on that topic. Especially poltical commentary like this article.

--- A discussion of the poll posits why, despite these trends, that the GOP doesn't run away with elections.

Comment:

Let me introduce my own theory why the GOP doesn't run away with elections. It is fuzzy thinking like this. If you don't know the meaning of the words you use, then how can you make the case that your party is better than the other guy's? The GOP is "right-wing"? Why would anybody think that this is a good thing? Didn't we fight a World War to beat those kind of guys? Hitler and Mussolini anyone? Is "left wing" good, then? Didn't we fight a Cold War to beat THOSE guys? Stalin and Mao anyone?

Another possibility is that the people who use this Marxist terminology are muddying the waters. A confused voter won't know one from the other, and maybe their voting patterns indicate that. It would seem a better way forward to clarify things, not to confuse things. But confusing things is what this poll does. Don't get cocky indeed.