{"id":103122,"date":"2022-07-18T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T20:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=103122"},"modified":"2022-07-18T16:52:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T20:52:19","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-july-18th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=103122","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, July 18th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, July 18th, 2022…but before we begin, Jim Freeman offers proof positive…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strong Progressives Clearly Live in a Different World<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Democrats are very popular these days among college-educated whites,\u00a0writes<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0Ruy Teixeira on Substack.<\/span> The bad news for the party is that such voters constitute a large part of the progressive left, which seems to have less and less in common with the rest of the country.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Teixeira uses data from Echelon Insights to highlight differences of opinion:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

America is not the greatest country in the world vs. America is the greatest country in the world<\/span>.<\/em>\u00a0By 66 percent to 28 percent, strong progressives say America is not the greatest country in the world. By 70-23, Hispanics say the reverse and working class voters as a whole concur by 69-23.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Racism is built into our society, including into its policies and institutions vs. Racism comes from individuals who hold racist views, not from our society and institutions<\/span>.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Strong progressives are very, very sure of America\u2019s systemic racism, endorsing the first statement by an amazing 94-6 margin. But Hispanics disagree, endorsing the second statement that racism comes from individuals by 58-36, as do working class voters by 57-33.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hard work and determination are no guarantee of success for most people vs. Most people who want to get ahead can make it if they\u2019re willing to work hard<\/span>.<\/em>\u00a0Strong progressives don\u2019t evidence much faith in upper mobility, endorsing the first statement on the questionable efficacy of hard work by 88-12. Hispanic voters, on the other hand, embrace the view that hard-working people are likely to get ahead by 55-39, as do working class voters by 55-40.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Case in point: the reaction of House Budget Committee Chairman\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong>John Yarmuth, D-Ky<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>, to reporters when asked about the consequences of Joe Manchin squashing efforts to further harm the nation’s economy by passing additional legislation to address the non-existent problem of anthropogenic global warming, aka “climate change”:\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re all going to die.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which begs the question:<\/strong><\/p>\n