American political ideologies usually align with the left-right political spectrum, with most Americans identifying as liberal, moderate, or conservative.
<h3>What does liberalism stand for?</h3>
Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, and equality before the law.
Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but they generally support individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, private property and a market economy.
Liberalism became a distinct movement in the Age of Enlightenment, gaining popularity among Western philosophers and economists.
Liberalism sought to replace the norms of hereditary privilege, state religion, absolute monarchy, the divine right of kings, and traditional conservatism with representative democracy and the rule of law.
