Zam-Zam
Senator
…..has some people concerned, including Democrats:
Asked whether the "Democratic Party has moved too far to the left, too far to the right, or would you say the Democratic Party hasn't moved too far in either direction", nearly half -- 47%! -- of respondents say that the party has moved too far left. Asked hat same question of the Republican Party and just 37% say it has moved too far right.
Almost 6 in 10 men (57%) say Democrats have moved too far left as do 55% of whites with a college degree. Whites, generally speaking, are much more likely to say the party has moved too far left (53%) as compared to Hispanics (33%) and blacks (17%).
All of which is very interesting -- and should be worrisome for a Democratic Party establishment already worried that several of their leading presidential candidates are too liberal for the country at large.
Remember that the positions that one or several Democratic candidates for president had advocated for during the primary season so far include:
* Eliminating all private health insurance in favor of a single, government-run system
* The "Green New Deal," a massive (and massively expensive) overhaul of the way in which we consume and think about energy in this country
* Mandatory buybacks of AR-15s and AK-47s
* Decriminalization of illegal immigration
These are not views that a majority of the country holds.
Complete text: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/democratic-party-left-liberal-q-poll/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2tGoZWs1CKizQahbcc2EdGjO5XEGs_-YY5fiI2xAaj0sLV2Yl510n7Uug
Asked whether the "Democratic Party has moved too far to the left, too far to the right, or would you say the Democratic Party hasn't moved too far in either direction", nearly half -- 47%! -- of respondents say that the party has moved too far left. Asked hat same question of the Republican Party and just 37% say it has moved too far right.
Almost 6 in 10 men (57%) say Democrats have moved too far left as do 55% of whites with a college degree. Whites, generally speaking, are much more likely to say the party has moved too far left (53%) as compared to Hispanics (33%) and blacks (17%).
All of which is very interesting -- and should be worrisome for a Democratic Party establishment already worried that several of their leading presidential candidates are too liberal for the country at large.
Remember that the positions that one or several Democratic candidates for president had advocated for during the primary season so far include:
* Eliminating all private health insurance in favor of a single, government-run system
* The "Green New Deal," a massive (and massively expensive) overhaul of the way in which we consume and think about energy in this country
* Mandatory buybacks of AR-15s and AK-47s
* Decriminalization of illegal immigration
These are not views that a majority of the country holds.
Complete text: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/democratic-party-left-liberal-q-poll/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2tGoZWs1CKizQahbcc2EdGjO5XEGs_-YY5fiI2xAaj0sLV2Yl510n7Uug