Reply #124: they have no choice [View All]

[Claudia Jones]

One of the reasons why the voters send people who do not support left wing issues is because they rarely have any left wing choice on the ballot. Another reason is because the politicians from both parties lie to them. Another reason is because the two parties block out and eliminate any candidates with left wing messages, and the mass media prevents any left wing messages from getting to the public.

I am not insisting that the people are left wing, I am merely going by the in depth research done by the Pew Research folks as opposed to the simple minded fort-hire polling that we get from the mass media.

When the public is asked issue by issue where they stand, they overwhelmingly support the left wing position. That does not mean that they feel favorably about the Democratic party or the term liberal, of course. That does not mean that they would describe themselves as left wing.

The environment? Left wing.

Organized labor? Left wing.

The role of government? Left wing.

Safety net programs? Left wing.

Universal health care? Left wing.

Taxation? Left wing.

Public education? Left wing.

Safety and health inspection and regulation? Left wing.

Protection of public resources over privatization? Left wing.

When a significantly larger percentage of the public supports all of the left wing positions on issues than supports the Democratic party, the obvious place to look for the problem is with the party, not with the people. Blaming the people is simply a convenient excuse for failure for some, and a stealth way to promote conservative ideas for others. In either case, it is a serious threat to the party.