In all of my 40+ years observing the U.S. political scene, I believe at least a slim majority of American voters—more precisely: Democratic voters––are finally seeing the (income inequality) light; and, it’s a beautiful thing.
I’m talking about the results from the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, released via the two MSM outlets’ websites on Sunday, which tell us that roughly half of all Democrats cite their primary concern with the 2016 elections being that the wealthy and corporations maintain too much influence over the outcome.
(Per notes within the NBC article, below, I’m assuming this poll will be released via NBC Nightly News, early Monday evening.)
Stating the obvious, this bodes quite well for the resonance of the Sanders’ (“not the billionaires”) campaign message.
Here’s Mark Murray, from Press the Meat…
Poll: Voters Pick Top Concerns About 2016 Election
by Mark Murray
Meet the Press (NBC)
Jun 21 2015, 9:08 am ETAmerican voters say their top concerns about the upcoming presidential election are wealthy individuals and corporations who might have too much influence who over wins, as well as campaigns that spend more time on negative attacks than proposing solutions, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Thirty-three percent of voters say the influence of wealthy individuals and corporations is their top concern, while 25 percent say they're more worried about negative attacks.
Another 16 percent are more concerned that nothing will change no matter who wins, and 12 percent believe that too many wealthy candidates don't understand the economic problems of average Americans…