• stickly@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    And yet somehow in a country of 340 million people we see these polls:

    • 80% were not in favor of attacking Iran
    • 80% believe abortion should be legal
    • 60% thought Trump should be barred from office in 2021
      • Similar numbers want him removed now
    • 65% are opposed to ICE’s reign of terror
      • > 50% want to abolish ICE completely
    • 74% support universal free school lunches
    • 62% support raising the federal minimum wage
    • 67% want to raise teacher’s salaries
    • 75% want to reverse the Citizens United ruling
    • 88% support federal laws that would guarantee PTO
    • > 60% support replacing the Electoral College and FPTP voting

    But zero of those things are anywhere close to legislation because our congress is under the thumb of a dozen celebrity personalities and party flip floppers. The more diluted the voting power, the harder it is to make personal backroom deals and buy elections.

    Inflating the House doesn’t solve similar problems with the Senate or Executive + Judicial branches, but it’s better than nothing.