Heather Cox Richardson - In the Washington Post on January 11, Philip Bump explored a new poll by YouGov showing that when U.S. adult citizens are presented with 30 of Trump’s declared policies, majorities oppose 22 of them. A majority approved only four of them, and those were the ones the right wing has been hammering: banning hormonal or surgical treatment for transgender minors (57%), legally limiting recognized genders (53%), requiring immigrants to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are being processed (56%), and—by a narrow majority of 51%—deporting immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
Some
of Trump’s signature policies are deeply unpopular. Only 21% of
Americans support getting rid of the nonpartisan civil service; only 18%
support giving the president control over regulatory agencies like the
Federal Communications Commission. Only 31% support sending U.S. troops
into U.S. cities to enforce order; only 33% support sending troops into
Mexico to fight drug cartels. Only 23% support further cuts to taxes on
corporations. Only 29% want to get rid of the Affordable Care Act (which
has seen a record 20.5 million Americans enroll so far in the current
enrollment period); only 28% support withdrawing from the World Health
Organization. Only 38% want to end birthright citizenship, the same
percentage as those who want to end U.S. aid to Ukraine. The
YouGov study shows that only 30% of Americans support withdrawing from
the Paris Climate Accords, and a December 2023 CNN poll showed that 73%
want the government to do more to address climate change.
1 comment:
Simply a case of the rich buying what they want. What the American voters want is almost considered comedic, but the reality is the people are smarter than the rulers who always seem to operate with only small portions of their brains, mostly obey and kill.
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