I ' m not young but liberal , and I agree with a lot of what ' s already been said . Political conservatives talk about smaller government the govt shouldn ' t be controlling healthcare or environmental regulations , let the private markets govern themselves , etc . But when it comes to social issues that the govt shouldn ' t have control over gay marriage , who uses what bathroom , and so on , conservatives think they should have a say . Abortion is a whole separate issue for me , because it ' s an argument about when life begins and body autonomy which is hard to define . But sexed , contraception , even morningafter pills shouldn ' t be an argument . Ultimately for me , I see a lot of selfishness in the arguments I hear from conservatives . If providing healthcare or food stamps or housing assistance or whatever doesn ' t benefit me , why should I have to pay for it ? Meanwhile the rich get richer , the middle class is disappearing , and yet we vote some neanderthal into office who used that system to stay rich while rolling over anyone who cut into his profits , believing that what ? He ' s seen the error in his ways and is going to use his time in office to make it right ?