When I considered this analysis by Michael Hendrix at the Manhattan Institute of an opinion poll of 20 major urban metro areas, two thoughts occurred to me. The first was how eccentric the 20 metro areas they polled were:
Note that with only a few exceptions those are coastal cities. They say it’s the cities with the largest population growth. The only Midwestern city in the list is Minneapolis and it barely makes the top 50 metro areas in the country. There are a half dozen Midwestern cities that are larger but I will freely admit that Chicago and Detroit, just to pick two, are shrinking.
The second thing was this graph:
Whatever you think of the merits of those opinions, you’ve got to admit that they’re not really consistent with the views expressed by Democratic elected officials. That leads to the question: are they actually representing their constituents? Or, maybe more precisely, what constituency are they representing?
The Democratic elected officials seem to oftentimes override what their constituencies want. Just look at voter ID – it continuously has a 70-80% approval rating. Election audits are also gaining percentage points as to who wants them. Border security – how are the Dems doing on that one? How many people are prioritizing AGW policies over our collapsing economy? How many parents want CRT to be taught in classrooms? Maybe the most adamant social progressive parents cheer such divisive education. But, the average “I want my child to have a sound education†doesn’t. Nonetheless, here in CA our democrat Governor just signed an EO making it mandatory for a diversity curriculum be included before a student can graduate. Meanwhile, our state is at the very bottom in it’s educational standing!
Sometimes, I feel Dems are living in a parallel universe from the rest of the working/middle class. Unfortunately, though, they are now the ruling class!
That’s a really interesting analysis.
It reminds me of my mother, a MA French Canadian Catholic and life long Kennedy fan. One summer day at a picnic in her backyard she went on a long rant about how she hated all the Democrat programs. Yet she loved Teddy and always voted for him, her political enemy.
Democracy is the worst form of government, because it opposes the will of the people.
Policies are designed to further entrench and hold power. Supposed constituencies be damned. It is more true in education than any other issue because that’s where the most direct access to vulnerable minds is available.
Meh. Most people favor background checks, including Republicans, and some forms of gun control. In most polls Republicans support some form of DACA. Most Republicans in recent polls support a public option in health care insurance. I think the issue here is that in polls people agree to support something or want something but push come to shove they go tribal and support the total package. Also, there is a lot of difference between some idealized plan vs what really gets put into law.
There is essentially no voter fraud that would be stopped by voter ID. No one has found any. So it is a waste of time and tax money, but if everyone really wants it then we should prove it by being willing to pay for it. Lets have a well funded for with lots of outreach to get everyone an ID. If you come to vote and dont have one then you get to vote but people on site will sign you up and follow ups to make sure you get an ID. If people are actually willing to pay for this then it would prove we really want it. Oh, and since this is total BS it better not cost me any time.
Steve