Is being a progressive bad now?

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. You'll have to point out where I said "being progressive is bad". I can't seem to find it.

The math is the math. There aren't enough progressives, especially in places like Kentucky, and many areas below the Mason Dixon where "progressives" can effect the kind of change they seek, or make much difference in the balance of power. If there were, we'd see a whole lot more Greens, Socialists, and parties to the left of Democrats getting elected in those areas, right?

Politics | January 9, 2015

U.S. Liberals at Record 24%, but Still Trail Conservatives

by Lydia Saad

Story Highlights
•Conservatives remain largest ideological group, at 38%
•Liberals up one point to 24%, the highest yet
•Conservative-liberal gap now smallest in Gallup trends



PRINCETON, N.J. -- Conservatives continued to outnumber moderates and liberals in the U.S. population in 2014, as they have since 2009. However, their 14-percentage-point edge over liberals last year, 38% vs. 24%, is the smallest in Gallup's trends since 1992. The percentage of U.S. adults identifying themselves as politically conservative in 2014 was unchanged from 2013, as was the percentage of moderates, at 34%, while the percentage considering themselves liberal rose a percentage point for the third straight year.


http://www.gallup.com/poll/180452/liberals-record-trail-conservatives.aspx