Poll: Majority Say Dem Candidates ‘Out of Step’ With Most Americans’ Thinking
Free Beacon ^ | Jul 23, 2018 | Paul Crookston
Posted on 7/23/2018, 9:11:37 AM by 11th_VA
In 2016 plurality of respondents said Dems ‘generally mainstream’
A majority of respondents in a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll of registered voters said Democratic congressional candidates are out of step with most Americans.
Asked whether Democratic candidates’ approaches to the issues “are generally in the mainstream of most Americans’ thinking, or are generally out of step with most Americans’ thinking,” 56 percent said they are “out of step” and just one-third said they are “in the mainstream.” These figures are a marked swing from July 2016, when only 42 percent of respondents said Democratic congressional candidates were out of step and 48 percent said they were in the mainstream.
In the July 2016 poll, Republican candidates were seen as much less mainstream than Democrats, with 31 percent of respondents saying the Republicans were in the mainstream and 59 percent saying they were out of step. A slightly higher percentage of respondents in July 2018 see Republicans as mainstream (33 percent) and a slightly smaller percentage of them see Republicans as out of step (57 percent.)
That makes the current numbers nearly identical for both parties’ candidates.
The poll comes as the Democrats’ left wing has continued to grow in prominence, putting moderates and the party establishment on the defensive. Self-proclaimed democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scored the upset of the year by knocking out incumbent and No. 4 Democrat in the House Joe Crowley in a New York congressional primary in June...
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Little late to the party.
Does this mean we all are still supposed to vote 100% Democrat, or has Comey’s brilliant mind begun to consider exceptions?
Too late James!!
He’ll flip flop next week.
... and to think this shallow nitwit was head of the FBI.
As opposed to Communists?
Oh I think he’s been a Democrat for awhile.
Comey has gone from hero to villain and back so many times I’ve lost count.