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The democratic party is to the left of the GOP but to the right of anything else, including the American people. I'm assuming you mean big-D Democratic Party.
by grzm 10y ago
The democratic party is to the left of the GOP but to the right of anything else, including the American people.
I'm assuming you mean big-D Democratic Party. When you say American people, what do you mean? A majority? How much of one? What are you basing this on? Polls? If so, which ones? Something else?
I'm pushing a little because the statement seems to lack nuance, which is something I think we so desperately need in American political discourse.
- kmonsen 10y agoI agree, I am basing it on things I vaguely remember having read and a tiny bit out of my ass. Chomsky uses this a consistent talking point, sorry again no reference, that the polls are consistently to the left of the Democrats. I wish I could give you a better answer, and will concede my documentation is lacking. I do believe this is true based on my conversations with Democrat and GOP voters when living here. Most people are fairly leftist when it comes to specifics, well except paying taxes.
- kmonsen 10y agoA quick Google search shows this repeated talking point by Chomsky: https://www.google.com/search?q=chomsky%20public%20opinion%20to%20the%20left&rct=j https://www.google.com/search?q=chomsky%20public%20opinion%2...
- grzm 10y agoThanks for providing your source. Having lived on both coasts and the Midwest, I've met a lot of people of a variety of political stripes, and wouldn't agree with this unqualified assessment.
- kmonsen 10y agoFor sure not a clear objective truth, it is hard to have a discussion about objective values in these hyper partisan times.