by Dave Johnson | Nov 30, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
Many Democrats examining what happened in the 2014 midterms are asking "what did the voters want?" But the right question is why did only 36.4 percent of potential voters bother to register and vote? Obviously Democrats did not give those voters a good enough reason...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
Hillary Clinton invoked what she called the "vital center" in a speech before the New York Historical Society this past weekend as the place where most Americans want their politicians to be. But public opinion right now is actually tilted fairly leftward, according...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 14, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
It remains true, as we have asserted time and again using findings on our Populist Majority website, that the American majority is firmly populist and broadly progressive. But we have also seen time and again – most recently in this month's elections – that people...
by Editors | Oct 30, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Populist Majority
The “Survey of Young Americans’ Attitudes Toward Politics and Public Service released this week by the Harvard Institute of Politics seems to send a simple, direct image: Democrats, you have lost the support of millennials. But the tragedy of this poll is that it...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 30, 2014 | Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg is not all doom and gloom about the Democratic Party's chances of keeping control of the Senate. The polls may suggest otherwise, but Greenberg still sees a way for Democrats to have a good outcome Tuesday – and it's through the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 27, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Populist Majority
Democrats should to learn a lesson from this year's election campaigns: Democrats should be Democrats. Democrats should not try to run away from the things Democrats stand for. It doesn't work. Supporting Republicans ideas is not going to win you Republican votes. It...
