11-25-2019, 07:52 PM
(11-25-2019, 01:39 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I've been saying this for a long time, it seems finally CNN is waking up to this reality as well.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/24/politics/democratic-party-left-liberal-q-poll/index.html?no-st=1572049458
Of course extreme positions tend to move to the center once the primary is over, but will it haunt whomever earns the nomination in the general election? This article seems to indicate that the answer is yes.
You have to look at little closer at the numbers to understand what they say.
Among independents almost as many think the Republican party has moved too far to the right (43%) as believe the Democrats have moved too far to the left (48%). The big difference is within the parties. 79% of Republican believe Democrats have moved too far to the left while only 17% of Dems think so. So I don't see a major issue in the general election. Independants are almost evenly split and there are not going to be a lot of Dems abandoning the party.
BTW this same poll shows that the Democratic Party received its highest "favorable" rating (41%) in over three years while the "favorable" rating for the Republican Party is just 35%.
