Obama Putting In Work to Shift that Overton Window

[GPBear]

half of this isn't even true

and the other half isn't anywhere near "far left"

How can you sit there and admit Obama is a centrist, while republicans are far-right nationalists, and not see the obvious outcome that American politics will get pulled further to the right?

What don't you guys get?

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

How can you sit there and admit Obama is a centrist, while republicans are far-right nationalists, and not see the obvious outcome that American politics will get pulled further to the right?

What don't you guys get?

i'm on your side, this thread just kind of sucks though

 

[DirtyD]

 

[King Kreole]

This guy really uhh sucks.

 

[Don Homer]

aint this the nikka who ran on "hope and change", and "changing the way the game is played"?

 

[Pressure]

aint this the nikka who ran on "hope and change", and "changing the way the game is played"?

He learned the game is the game.

We saw it in real time. As a former senator and two term POTUS there is valuable insight to be gained from Obama.

 

[Don Homer]

He learned the game is the game.

We saw it in real time. As a former senator and two term POTUS there is valuable insight to be gained from Obama.

 

[Pressure]

The US isn't adopting MMt, UBI or socialism.

If you want any chance of passing these massive social programs that's a fact yiu have to accept and work within that framework.

 

[Don Homer]

The US isn't adopting MMt, UBI or socialism.

If you want any chance of passing these massive social programs that's a fact yiu have to accept and work within that framework.

if u say so

 

[Pressure]

if u say so

The Majority of the country does

 

[Professor Emeritus]

The Majority of the country does

Large majorities of Americans support almost all of the key ideas in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

Large majorities of Americans support almost all of the key ideas in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

A plurality of respondents - 43.7% - agreed with the "Green New Deal" proposal as a whole. 16.3% strongly agreed, 13.9% agreed, and 13.5% somewhat agreed. Meanwhile, just 14.7% disagreed with it, and about 24.3% said they didn't know enough to say.

Next, we polled seven individual ideas or components of the deal that would be linked to policy priorities, all of which are quite vague. Given the loose nature of the proposals, we asked respondents how important it was to implement these policy proposals, on a scale with five options running from "not at all important" to "extremely important."

87.6% of respondents think it is either somewhat, very, or extremely important that the federal government invest in infrastructure designed to build resilience against climate change-related disasters.

87.2% of poll respondents said it's somewhat, very, or extremely important that the US meet 100% of its power demands through renewable or zero-emission energy sources. 12.7% said this goal is either not so important or not at all important.

86% of those polled said it's important that the federal government enact policies that aim to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (which would mean no added carbon dioxide in the atmosphere).

Support for improving the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings was particularly high at 89%.

87.5% of respondents said it's important that both manufacturing and agricultural businesses and industries be required to be as emission-free as technologically feasible.

The resolution's call for major investment in energy-efficient transportation was also popular. 87.6% of those polled said it's important that the government invest directly in a high-speed rail system, zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and clean public transit.

78% said a federal jobs guarantee is important.

69.8% somewhat approved, approved, or strongly approved of the government providing all Americans with high-quality healthcare, affordable housing, economic security, healthy and affordable food, and a clean environment.

Of the seven separate planks we surveyed, 30% said all seven were extremely or very important, 17% said six of the seven were important and 12% said five of the seven were important. For comparison, 15% think that none of the seven polled policies are very or extremely important.

Polling for major social initiatives is very high right now, even though certain people call these things "socialism". Your average american doesn't know nearly enough about MMT or UBI to answer a poll with thought at this point, but we can see which way the wind blows.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Reading this thread, Americans have no idea what left wing is.