Poll: Americans want Democrats to work with Trump

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89. They aren't confused. Generalized bipartisanship polls are meaningless.

The only polls that are at all useful ask about specific policies, and even those can be slanted if question is too generalized or with slight wording changes. And opinions change wildly when the public is in the midst of an actual debate on the subject.

For example, saying "No" to "I want Congress strengthen unions." is not the same as saying "Yes" to "I want Congress to destroy unions." Unless you get into the specifics of what is being proposed, you don't learn much of anything. What is worse, is asking something like: "Should members of congress dedicated to strengthening unions work with members of congress dedicated to destroying unions?" Most Americans will say "Sure, they should work together." (But what they are thinking is "Sure, they should work together, as long as they get what I want out of it.&quot

As I posted earlier, all this poll, and others like it, captures is the prevailing sentiment that "We would like it if everyone in DC were rational and sane and could work together to hammer out good policy."

Of course, don't we all want that?

What Americans actually want is for "their people" in Congress to STOP the policies they see as bad, and go all out for the policies they see as good. Different Americans have different definitions of "good" and "bad," but each and every one of them wants their elected officials to obstruct "badness" and fight for "goodness."

"They want us to work together" is one of the most INSIDIOUS and irrational rationalizations Democrats invoke for giving away the store.

DON'T let your Rep or Senators fall for it!!!