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Title: Snapshot of a split America
Source:
The Miami Herald
URL Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/ ... apshot-of-a-split-america.html
Published: May 11, 2011
Author: TIM RUTTEN
Post Date: 2011-05-11 19:46:40 by lucysmom
Keywords: None
Views: 17834
Comments: 37
One of American politics’ most comforting nostrums is the notion that we always are united by far more than what divides us. It’s a sentiment Barack Obama repeats frequently in his speeches, and both the president and California Gov. Jerry Brown are relying on it to help them move toward resolution of government’s worst budgetary crisis in generations. A comprehensive new survey of the American electorate by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, however, indicates that the most politically engaged Americans now are fundamentally opposed to compromise, divided on virtually every basic national question and separated from each other by everything from their race to the choice of where they get their news. Moreover, the increasing numbers of independents, who’ve theoretically pushed national politics to the center with their preference for middle-of-the-road policies, no longer are particularly moderate. California has traversed this sort of political landscape for more than a decade, and now the rest of the nation seems poised to discover that it’s a difficult and discomforting place. The nation’s partisan alignment, according to Pew, now closely resembles California’s: 25 percent of the registered voters hold views that make them “mostly Republican”; 40 percent incline “mostly Democratic”; and 35 percent are independents of various stripes.
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#7. To: lucysmom (#0)
I guess that is why so many are leaving California, it's full of liberal socialist slugs. Where I live the slugs are, maybe, 14 % of registered voters.
They are? Population, California Does anyone in Alaska know what the hell they're talking about?
LOL!! Not the slugs, the real people.
#14. To: eskimo (#12)
Can't read a graph? Unfortunately, nobody is leaving California, dingus. The state population has grown over 9% in the last ten years. That's fortunate for people like you, since we pay more in taxes then we receive in benefits, unlike parasites like you who live in the welfare states.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest25 percent of the registered voters hold views that make them “mostly Republican”; 40 percent incline “mostly Democratic”; and 35 percent are independents of various stripes.
#10. To: eskimo (#7)
I guess that is why so many are leaving California
#12. To: Skip Intro (#10)
They are?
Replies to Comment # 12. Not the slugs, the real people.
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