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So half of one party is enough? Wonderful that the press gives that one party so much power to decide about the country's direction. I wonder if the press gives
by bediger4000 4y ago
So half of one party is enough? Wonderful that the press gives that one party so much power to decide about the country's direction. I wonder if the press gives that party a lot more attention and importance, and why that's so?
- jfengel 4y agoIf one party has decided to answer "wrong track" simply because they're not in power, then it's not going to be a very informative question one way or the other. It's useful to know that they're unhappy. But the metric is not the target; the goal is not to get them to say "right track". The goal is to figure out how to find a political system in which we can all work together. I believe that those answering "wrong track" automatically have not done a good job of finding ways to work together. But that hasn't really changed in a long time, so the poll doesn't really mean much, either.
- MBCook 4y agoI’m not sure I understand what you were saying. My point was just that it wasn’t like 80% of one party and 60% of the other. It was WAY more lopsided.
- taeric 4y agoI think it is more that a large part of one party is being told things have never been worse by a very loud megaphone. That they believe it is not that surprising, all told. If there were objective measures that folks were basing any of this on, it would be one thing. But the news isn't that 71% of Americans believe things are bad. The story is a bit more that "the two parties in America are increasingly polarized on their view of how the country is doing."