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"I'd say closer to 30%."

You are right on the mark. In the early 70s I began closely watching the left wing and the underground press (that quaint sounding relic that evolved into mainstream media), primarily due to their anti war efforts, and my professional interests. That beginning piqued my interest enough to have taken notice of issues oriented public attitudes and in some ways quantify them. This was not scientific, however, it has been my observations over these past thirty five years that on hard idealogical issues, there is somewhere on average, 27-28% of the public who are activists on the left. They do not falter in their feelings, and they are the exclusive property of the democrats. From that base, the democrats have to cobble together either pluralities or majorities any way they can, which explains their accommodations to every kook cause in America.

The republican party is winning because there is a better informed base who basically are the traditionalists and producers in society.

Sadly, those 27-28 percent represent the majority of educators, writers, artists, news gatherers and dispensers, who call themselves journalists, and people who have depended on television for their sole source of information.

This obviously is just my opinion, based upon personal observation and professional experience. My tagline is also opinion.

Not much I can add to your observation. Fortunately, in some places, the percentage seems to be lower, but in others, it is spectacularly high. I would estimate the number to be as high as 70% in places like San Francisco, which long ago jumped the shark as a city that reflected any manner or sort of mainstream beliefs. 35 or 40 years ago, the number would've been closer to the 30% mark. If the country ever reaches 50% (and we know the radical left would simply prefer to destroy the country as a viable entity than lose control), we're going to have another civil war.

What you have been watching for 35 years is the Communist strategy for talking over a free country. They have published their intents and tactics many times. They are following them. We are sleeping. They are never more than a small minority when they gain control. Then it doesn't matter.