MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
Op-ed by David Leonhardt @ NYTimes.com, including some quite scary charts from recent polls on issues some Dems candidates are supporting
[....] They have instead devoted substantial time to wonky subjects that excite some progressive activists — and alienate most American voters. Recent polls suggest that the Democrats really are increasing the chances Trump will win re-election.[...]
[....] They should be casting Trump as a plutocrat in populist’s clothes, who has used the presidency to enrich himself and other wealthy insiders at the expense of hard-working middle-class families. It’s a caricature that has the benefit of truth. When pundits yearn for economic triangulation, they’re the ones confusing their own policy preferences with good political advice.
[...] Democrats are frittering away their advantage — and damaging their image. Last fall, most Americans had a favorable view of the Democratic Party, according to the Pew Research Center. That makes sense, because Democrats ran a populist campaign in the 2018 midterms, focused on pocketbook issues that dominate many people’s lives, like wages and medical costs.
[...] This year, the polling has flipped. Most Americans now have an unfavorable view of the party, no better than their view of the Republican Party. Likewise, slightly more voters say the “ideas being offered by the Democratic candidates” would hurt the country than say would help, according to the NPR poll [....]
Comments
the main bar graph, which I cannot copy in its original form here, is labeled
it has these stats from this NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll from July 15-17
Half or more of registered voters oppose:
Decriminalize border crossing
Slavery reparations
Replace private insurance
Repeal Obamacare
Majority support:
by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 3:52am
And people wonder why Biden is so popular! Maybe because his policy ideas are popular?
by CVille Dem on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 1:09pm
Also Biden came to my mind from the figures on disapproval for both parties (see my comment below)...that he is pushing the "reach across the aisle" meme despite knowing many"progressives" disagree. I suspect that the meme still sells to the "a pox on both your houses" crowd. I.E., I can see many not buying the whining that it's all Mitch McConnell's fault that we don't have background checks, I suspect many think like this: we hired you, we pay you, we don't want to hear excuses like that, your job is to figure out how to make it work just like other grownups have to manipulate a crazy or compromised or crooked or prejudiced boss.
by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 3:20pm
Nancy made ut clear we can't just run on impeachment - we have to do our jobs, pass legislation (and let people know)
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 11:48pm
the changing favorability stats on the parties since last year, from Pew, both now disliked by a majority with equal ratings (and getting strikingly close to Trump numbers!):
A Democratic advantage last year…Americans’ views of the parties in Sept. 2018
Has disappeared this year...Americans’ views of the parties in Sept. 2019
by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 4:14am