Conservative Democrat > "Fascist" (but not really) > "Communist" (but not really) > Libertarian > True Leftist > 'Progressive' Democrat > 'Progressive Nationalist' > Social Democrat > Socialist
Well, that's an interesting evolution.
Anyway, the first political position I took was opposition to the Iraq War, which led me to support Kerry in '04, then I was unsure for awhile but generally supported the Democrats, then I considered myself a social democrat for awhile, then when I started paying more attention I looked at things from the perspective of a doctrinaire American liberal, though still not a Democrat (that last from 2009-2012 or so; that would be eighth trough tenth grades for me), then I started identifying as a "leftist", unsure if I was for throwing capitalism completely out or not, then I moved toward anti-capitalism, and kept wobbling between socialism and New Deal liberalism (that was about when I joined this forum), then I decided I was a socialist for a couple months, then I moved back to being a liberal, but continued to waver between socialism and liberalism, then last September I started to identify more as a New Deal Democrat, but continued to question capitalism on occasion, then a couple months ago finally decided I was tired of the liberalism vs. socialism indecision, and chose liberalism. The constant has been that I have been to the left of center and have continued to espouse my first four positions, namely anti-war, anti-surveillance state, pro-gay marriage, and pro-universal healthcare. Oh, and somewhere along the way I started to respect and somewhat understand widely divergent points of view instead of ridicule them (this was especially true with libertarianism, which I initially joined my father in not taking seriously, but then began to see their points, though I never thought for more than a few fleeting moments of becoming a libertarian.).
tl;dr I started out as a confident liberal, but then started questioning my beliefs constantly and wobbling between liberalism and socialism, but now I have decided to go with liberalism since that's where I lean, though I think other ideologies have merit to them, and I've always been anti-war and anti-surveillance state.
