America 2016 Survey: We’re mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!
If Obama’s 2008 campaign in Iowa and beyo
nd defined the election as one of “hope and change,” this year may well be described as the politics of rage.
The irate, discontent electorate is apparent in polls: More than 6 in 10 people think that either all or most Americans are angry with Washington, according to a recent Monmouth University survey.
Yet if Americans agree that their elected officials make them furious, they’re divided on the cure: Fifty percent say elected officials who are not willing to compromise are the cause of the problem, while 40 percent say elected officials who don’t stand up for their principles are to blame.
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