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$15 an hour? Living wage is at least $25.

Would love these types of questions to include things like: - Prosecute corrupt public officials - Ban profiting off public office - Increase government transparency Etc....

Wow, its almost like people highly favor Progressive policies. Shocking. They want a safety net and they, rightly, believe that billionaires should be taxed to fund it.

Yang was a proponent of VAT on transactions of User data between collectors (Google, FB/Meta, etc). Still should do that, but also this. Tax the crap out of AI. One day the overhead will be so minimal on the tech thats its profit margin will be 95%+, I'd bet.

I would say it should be based on royalties for use of public resources. This includes lands, mineral wealth, water usage, and pollution to clean air and water, as well as digital assets like the data stolen from members of the public used to create the AI models.

"Oh yeah, chikka chikka."

The astounding data point to me is the 16% who say that nothing would make them definitely vote for a Democrat. Then again... 34 felonies, civil SA conviction, serial SA of a child, pardoning violent criminals... Maybe the astounding part is that 16% seems low, given recent history.

@ppfa.org DO YOU SEE THIS!!! Why are you taking a stand against the billionaire's tax in CA? Ask an average CA voter about how we feel about billionaire leeches sucking our state dry while dipping out on paying their fair share of taxes. I'm furious at your shitty decision!

Absolutely definitely not a majority. It would be very helpful to study what happened with the ACA and how difficult it was to push that, which was extremely carefully designed to minimize individual tax hikes. It's still was rough. There is a lot of fantasy about enacting universal coverage

Right up until 150k-250k multi-member household earning swing voters find out they are defined as wealthy.

I live in the deep red state of FL. Progressive policies are popular here. We've restored voting rights to incarcerated folks, raised the minnimum wage to $15, and fell just shy of the 60% threshold for recreational marijuana. Would be great if Democrats stopped being so timid/embarrassed about it.

That's why we're going to kick their asses. Yes, run like you're behind, but do it with confidence and joy because we have some serious wind in our sails.

Irony.

Do you have an equivalent for their concerns about the Republican party?

I am concerned that voters do not also mention the threat of authoritarianism, voter suppression, as well as the household economic issues. Do voters care about or even understand what democracy is?

Sad, but true.

Just waiting for the abundance techbro asshats to jump on this (crickets)

"We asked a bunch of clowns with soup for brains what they thought" Well sure, why not. (If there's a "swing voter" left after the last year and a half of unrepentant conservative depravity in service to a pedophile, they need to just walk into the goddamned ocean.)

Reinforcement mechanisms are powerful. Daily routines, like buying groceries or gas, can serve as ongoing reminders that food costs are up due to 🍊’s tariffs & that gas prices are up due to 🍊’s ill conceived war with Iran. Democrats should leverage that.

those must be the folks that say theyre "centrists" for purely optics reasons (snakes)

But in a certain sense that's actually totally rational, because if such an issue exists, then you are by definition a single-issue voter The more rational alternative, generally, is to be a multi-issue voter where your judgement is based on the combination of *multiple* issues

The border security people should disappear

Rest assured AIPAC devotees @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will not deliver for America but they will deliver for Netanyahu.

Is "too focused on cultural or social issues" the same as "too supportive of universal human rights?" "Too anti-racist?" What? Very discouraging.

I'll be honest, I relieved it wasn't higher. I thought it would be near the top with how often certain Dems keep trying to throw us under the bus. You'd think it would be the number one issue if you only spoke to Rahm Emmanuel or Seth Moulton.

I think they probably still support it. But it’s not currently what they worry about every day, and isn’t obviously relevant to the economy.

Yes, which is an apparent change from the last two election cycles where it seemed like (from campaigns and polling) abortion issues were considered a useful wedge to attract and retain swing voters from the middle. Either they're consolidated out of undecideds, or it's been dropped from salience.

Also lots of people who like to call themselves "independents" for their ok own ego but have always voted for one party

I looked at the poll report itself - it's terrifying.

THIS SEEMS UNPOSSIBLE THE AMERICAN PEOPLES RUSH TO HAND THEIR MEAGER WEALTH TO THEIR BETTERS

I see nothing about preserving the right to vote on the list. A disturbing omission.

And yet Democratic leadership won't run on these issues. Wonder why?

Hmmm HMMM

Look, the Democrats are going to give you a social media ban for under-16s and digital ID requirement for every citizen to use the internet. Project 2029 has already stated this. You won't get healthcare and they won't tax billionaires. Vote third party FFS.

I'm surprised that you didn't ask about opposing data centers, as that seems to have huge bipartisan momentum right now.