Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Who have you ruled out? [View all]GoodTimes146
(10 posts)but 2016 was 2 years ago. In that time I've learned many things. 1. Hillary Clinton supporters want the same exact world I want to live in. 2. I have the same moral values that Hillary Clinton supporters have. And 3. I share the same exact beliefs about Republicans and Donald Trump (vile excrement).
There is only one thing we all need to agree on and demand and I guarantee you we could all agree on one candidate. Policy substance.
This does go back to 2016 but it's a realization I had because of it. Every person, including Donald Trump deplorables want a couple of the same things:
(Percentage of Americans overall)
Get money out of politics and end citizens united. (75%)
We overwhelmingly want to tax the rich. Ask any average person if they think the rich are being taxed too heavily and they will 100% say they don't pay enough.
We overwhelmingly want universal background checks on gun sales (97%!)
We overwhelmingly want some form of universal healthcare (70%)
We overwhelmingly want to raise the minimum wage to a living wage (a smaller percentage, yet still the majority, wants it to rise with inflation)
We overwhelmingly want immigration reform (not the Trump kind, the humane kind that fixes the problems)
And we want to revitalize our education system including more funding for students, smaller student to teacher ratios, and tuition free college.
I'm not harping on any single candidate because literally any of them could pick up the mantle with these policies and win so hard our faces would melt. So my long winded answer to your short question, is I'm not ruling anyone out if they do this ^^^
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided