Padawanbater2
Well-Known Member
If I asked most midwestern Americans if they support the Affordable Care Act, they would agree. If I asked them if they support 'Obamacare', most would disagree. You are arguing that because most of these people call it 'Obamacare', that means they obviously don't support universal healthcare and they're not progressive.You didn't cite anything where people self-identified as progressives. So, "I don't want my mother to starve". Well yeah. Not wanting one's mother to starve isn't a progressive vs right wing issue. You jump from a pew poll to "everybody is like me".
Nope. Take the facts for what they are. More and more states are voting for right wingers. This does not indicate people are becoming more progressive. And, the Democratic losses in purple states were by small margins. This does not indicate a sea change to the left or to the right. Taken at face value, it indicates a small change to the right in middle America.
Why is this so? Economic stress and anxiety. It's the economy, stupid. And not national economy, local economic conditions that affect people where they live. Trump lied but promised middle America he'd stop those Mexicans from stealing their shit, protect them from those radical Muslim terrorist refugees and millions of jobs. Clinton said "stronger together". You are projecting your wishes onto polls that can be much more easily interpreted as common values than than the contorted idea that the Democratic party is not as progressive as the majority of Americans.
I repeat that I support repealing Citizen's United, free public education through an undergraduate degree, universal health care and most progressive causes. I just don't see the majority going that direction quickly. Slowly, yes but not until the bread and butter issues are honestly dealt with.
And no, the Democratic party is not entirely bought and paid for by the corporations. Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to repeal Citizens United and every Democrat in the Senate supported it. Republicans voted against it with large enough numbers to stop it. Please explain how that means Wall Street owns the Democratic Party.
You should do more reasearch