The biggest political problem in America, explained in one chart

vox.com ^ | 10/15/2018 | Dylan Scott

[CrazyIvan]

“They used to make some pretty good guitar amps......... Oh, different VOX. Never mind.”

Now I’m confused. I’d always assumed that was why they were against the Marshall plan.

[schurmann]

“...most...(questions) are...selected and phrased from a Leftist perspective.” [Avalon Memories, post 30]

Exceptionally well-identified; all too common from sources with a Left perspective.

The article’s explanatory notes on Pew’s polling mechanics wasn’t clear on this, but it’s probable that pollsters first established who was a “likely Democrat voter” or “likely Republican voter”. Then they asked each question: “Is ‘issue X’ important to you as a voter?” And the Vox article was silent on the percentage of likely-R voters in the 10,000-voter sample. Misleading.

Of much greater concern is the author’s refusal to acknowledge the breadth and depth of the social/cultural gap between the Progressive Left and everyone else: the Left believes that all problems can and must be solved by political action. The rest of us do not. This split dates back more than a century.

Please note the word choice: I used the phrase “the rest of us” instead of “the Right”, because I believe what Thomas Sowell first identified is true: there is no organized equivalent of the Left, at the opposite end of the political spectrum.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

So people who think illegal immigration is a "very big problem" overwhelming vote Democrat 75% to Republican 19%? What poppy cock.

Don't look at the columns...look at the color of the numbers. That one is 75% Rep and 19% Dem. Opposite of what you think.

[central_va]

What a poorly constructed chart....

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Remember the good old days when Liberalism meant People wanted the Government out of their lives? I do.

Some of the first large scale student demonstrations of the modern era took place at the Berkeley
campus of the University of California in 1964 and were known as "The Free Speech Movement".

Believe it or not, unlike the students of today who protest and riot with demands that authorities
limit free speech, students at Berkeley in 1964 were protesting IN FAVOR of free speech!

[ronbivtx]

error toward the bottom of the survey. It flips the red and blue for some reason on the final few responses.

[Steve Van Doorn]

"Democrats believe EVERY issue is the biggest problem and EVERY issue must be solved to their satisfaction by enacting THEIR solutions"
If you don't agree then you're a "derogatory name of the day"!

[Blue Collar Christian]

I concur. Rigged survey for liberal purposes. No value.