Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Breaking: Beto raises $6.1 million [View all]getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)MANDATED medicare for all is unpopular. An opt-in is popular. An opt-in for over 50 is even more popular. Government negotiated drug prices is very popular.
I hate those labels. "Medicare for all"... "The green new deal"... Even "Gun control/Gun Rights".
Those aren't things. They are labels. They mean too many things to too many different people to be of any use.
When you break down the positions on the actual policies, bernie is an extremist. That is generally unpopular. Just at right wing extremism is popular in a certain slice of the electorate, it's unpopular over all when you break it down into actual policy.
I'm not saying the positions are bad, they just don't have broad support. And if you are never elected, and sit in the senate and NEVER sponsor any of them as successful bills, what does a good policy even mean?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden