Today the Marquette University Law School Poll came out. It shows the Wisconsin Senate and Governor races to be a dead heat, with the Republican candidates (Ron Johnson and Tim Michaels) ahead of the Dems (Mandela Barnes and Tony Evers), but within the margin of error.
But my takeaway from the poll is from the bottom.
These two tables are issues where each group says they are “very concerned” about them. The top one is the issues sorted in rank of importance to Republicans, the bottom is sorted in rank of importance to democrats.
How do you bridge the divide when:
-Accurate vote count is only concerning for 38% if Dems?
-Inflation is only concerning for 38% of Dems?
-Crime is only concerning for 37% of Dems, while “Gun violence” concerns 76%? Sounds like they are more concerned with denying 2A rights than about the impact on crime.
-Illegal immigration is only concerning for 9% of Dems? Less than 1:10? Are you fucking kidding me?
-Abortion policy is the #1 issue for 81% of Dems. 4 out of 5 Dems want to be able to kill babies at will.
Also look how Corona only concerns 1 in 10 Repubs, and only 2 in 10 Dems.
Politics used to involve a lot of compromise and doing what’s best for the country. No longer. How is killing more babies what’s best for the country? I guess if you’re a satanic death cult it’s important to you, but for most human beings, it can’t be part of who we are.
I conclude this divide can never again be bridged. Half of our country is now lost. We will only win issues and elections on the fringe. No one is trying to co Vince the other side on the wisdom of their side. No statesman exists in the US government. Politicians are just the pawns for the shadow government.