Good Question.
We may be about to find out ... as more and more People 'wake up' from their long-standing Political Apathy.
It’s Bernie Sanders’ America: 5 “radical” ideas Americans strongly support
Think the democratic socialist is a "fringe" candidate? You may be surprised how many Americans agree with him
by Sophia Tesfaye, salon.com -- Jul 5, 2015
Sanders is [...] calling for a “Medicare-for-all” single-payer healthcare plan [...]
The idea is extremely popular among Democrats, with nearly 80 percent in support according to a January 2015 poll by the Progressive Change Institute. The poll found that a majority of Americans overall supported a Medicare-for-all insurance option.
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Taxing The Rich
Sixty-four percent of Americans say they are bothered a lot by the feeling that some corporations aren’t paying what’s fair in federal taxes, and 61 percent say the same about some wealthy people, according to a recent Pew poll. Meanwhile, 67 percent of Americans recently told Gallup they were dissatisfied with the way income and wealth are distributed in the U.S.
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Sanders has proposed the College for All Act, a plan to provide free education at public colleges funded by a small tax on Wall Street transactions.
Sixty-three percent of respondents supported a similar proposal from President Obama earlier this year, including 47 percent of Republicans.
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That salon.com article goes on to
show how a few other Progressive ideas, have somehow suddenly become "
popular" -- and are now being approved by large Majorities of the American people.
Maybe this is what a "Political Revolution" looks like -- when "common-sense" ideas suddenly and easily, win the day.
"Fringe" may not be the pejorative it once was. "Fringe" may be becoming the latest, default Go-To position ...
Let's hope so -- and it's about damn time!
PS. I found that interesting salon.com article, along with several others like it,
on this very helpful Reddit page:
SandersForPresident
Check it out. It just might be "Favorites" material.
This is how Social Media Movements -- get started too ...