Just How Out of Touch Are Trump and the Radical Right? Here’s the List
78% say Citizens United was a bad decision
63% would support raising the minimum wage to $15/hr
75% would support raising it to $12.50
82% support indexing the minimum wage to inflation
62% believe in debt free public college
46% believe public college should be free
79% support paid family and medical leave
63% oppose raising the age at which citizens can start collecting Social Security benefits
68% oppose privatizing Social Security
88% support universal background checks for gun purchases
70% oppose ending federal funding for Planned Parenthood
80% believe that we have more work to do on gender equality
76% believe sexism is still a problem
58% support federally funded universal health care
65% accept the scientific consensus that humans are driving climate change
64% believe climate change is a serious concern
61% support gay marriage (83% of Americans under the age of 30)
69% support leaving Roe v Wade in place
85% support ensuring access to quality, affordable birth control
61% support cutting military spending
58% oppose deporting people brought to the country illegally as children
Only 37% support building a wall on the border with Mexico
74% support allowing illegal immigrants to become legal residents/citizens
I’m sure there’s more, but those are the issues I could think of off the top of my head. If you would like to suggest other topics for me to research or know of polling on other topics you can direct me to, please leave a comment and I’ll add it to the list.
At any rate, the point is that right now we have a government pursuing policies which the majority of Americans disagree with, often by huge margins. For whatever reason, these people and their supporters seem to be under the impression that they matter more than the rest of us and that they are entitled to force their will on us. How did this happen, you ask? Seeing as we’re supposedly a democracy of the people, by the people and for the people and all. Well, it’s not because they’re winning more votes, that’s for sure:
No wonder 85% of Americans say our political system is rigged.
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