Millennials in Poll Fake Right, Go Left
In a poll of people between the ages of 18-29, more identified as conservative on economic policy issues than liberal. But in several areas, majorities sided more with progressives.
Category: Populist Majority
A Progressive Majority Waiting To Be Convinced Government Can Work
A Pew Research Center survey released Monday is not surprising to those who have followed our Populist Majority polling monitoring project. It shows support for a progressive government, but distrust that it can work.
Gallup Poll Finds Liberalism Ascendent, Conservatism In Decline
On economic issues, the gap between conservatives and liberals is lower today than at any point since 1999, Gallup finds. More striking is the change in ideological identification on social issues.
When Pushing A Jobs Agenda, It’s OK To Use This F-Word
Voters support a role for the federal government “in ensuring that every person who wants to work has a job and a good standard of living,” according to a report by pollster Celinda Lake.
Do Americans Really Want Hillary Clinton’s ‘Vital Center’?
Public opinion right now actually is tilted fairly leftward, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this weekend as Hillary Clinton was advocating a cautious brand of populism in New York City.
The Opportunity To Reawaken The Progressive Majority
The 2014 election results reveal a failure of Democrats to speak to the progressive populism latent in the American electorate. But there is one sign that this mistake won’t be repeated in the next election cycle.
New Insight Into A Democratic Populist Path To Victory
Stan Greenberg still sees a way for Democrats to have a good outcome Tuesday – and it’s through the party’s base in the “rising American electorate.” But to get there, Dems will have to pivot to a more populist message.
Poll Suggests Democrats Need New Populism Message To Keep The Senate
Democracy Corps’ latest memo says that Democrats are “underperforming” with single women, but can win them back by “engaging in a populist economic debate … with a strong emphasis on women’s issues.”
Mitch McConnell Has A Bridge To Sell You, And Kentuckians Aren’t Buying
The Senate minority leader thinks the best way to help pay for a $2.7 billion bridge rebuilding project in Kentucky is to stiff the workers who would do the work. A poll shows that idea is wildly unpopular.
Pollster Celinda Lake’s New Populism Warning
There are Republican candidates and pollsters “who get this new populism,” Celinda Lake told The New Populism Conference last week. If Democrats don’t effectively align themselves with the populist mood, Republicans will.