How exactly are studies defining what makes a person conservative or liberal? Is it merely self-identification, or is there some scientific definition? Is there some idea, or some set of ideas, which make you a conservative versus a liberal? Or is it some action or set or actions, or some way you live your life? What if you are prolife but want a really progressive income tax? Is being for a specific war conservative or liberal? (Liberals were for the war in Bosnia, against the war in Iraq; conservatives generally were the reverse, with notable exceptions to each.)

How should the following sentences be completed:

You are a conservative if you _____ .

You are a liberal if you _____ .