Comments on: Gaming Elections Can Backfire http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/02/10/gaming-elections-can-backfire/ Reality-based political commentary Wed, 13 May 2026 01:27:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/02/10/gaming-elections-can-backfire/#comment-221906 MtnCaddy Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:10:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=27282#comment-221906 <i>Centrist</i> aka <i>Establishment Democrats</i> are the Republican Wing of the Democratic Party. I say this in light of polling support for the following ideas: 86% to 93% Universal Background Checks 81% Improving Enforcement of Existing Laws 81% Raising Legal Age to Buy a Gun to 21 80% "Red Flag" Laws (Extreme Risk Protection Orders) 70% - 74% Universal Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) 66% - 70% Prioritizing Renewable Energy over Fossil Fuels 65% - 75% Making the ACA's Tax Credits Permanent 61% to 63% Banning Assault-Style Weapons 63% - 79% Wealth Tax (on the ultra-rich) 63% to 64% Abortion Legal in All/Most Cases, versus Illegal in All/Most Cases around 36% 63% - 66% Ending Qualified Immunity for Police 60% - 67% $15 Federal Minimum Wage (or $12 in some States) 59% - 81% Green New Deal support when described in terms of its goals (jobs, clean energy) 55% - 60% Medicare for All (Single-Payer) 50% - 60% Public Financing of Elections (aka Getting Money Out of Politics) Over ambitious Progressives are not the problem they are the solution if people want government to serve <b>them. Centrist aka Establishment Democrats are the Republican Wing of the Democratic Party.

I say this in light of polling support for the following ideas:

86% to 93%
Universal Background Checks

81%
Improving Enforcement of Existing Laws

81%
Raising Legal Age to Buy a Gun to 21

80%
"Red Flag" Laws (Extreme Risk Protection Orders)

70% - 74%
Universal Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K)

66% - 70%
Prioritizing Renewable Energy over Fossil Fuels

65% - 75%
Making the ACA's Tax Credits Permanent

61% to 63%
Banning Assault-Style Weapons

63% - 79%
Wealth Tax (on the ultra-rich)

63% to 64%
Abortion Legal in All/Most Cases, versus Illegal in All/Most Cases around 36%

63% - 66%
Ending Qualified Immunity for Police

60% - 67%
$15 Federal Minimum Wage (or $12 in some States)

59% - 81%
Green New Deal support when described in terms of its goals (jobs, clean energy)

55% - 60%
Medicare for All (Single-Payer)

50% - 60%
Public Financing of Elections (aka Getting Money Out of Politics)

Over ambitious Progressives are not the problem they are the solution if people want government to serve them.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2026/02/10/gaming-elections-can-backfire/#comment-221890 nypoet22 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:04:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=27282#comment-221890 funny, this kind of political stunt usually cuts the other way, with centrists benefiting from over enthusiastic progressives, but this time the centrist was on the wrong end of it. funny, this kind of political stunt usually cuts the other way, with centrists benefiting from over enthusiastic progressives, but this time the centrist was on the wrong end of it.

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