{"id":54369,"date":"2024-04-04T09:50:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54369"},"modified":"2024-04-04T09:50:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:50:53","slug":"exactly-who-does-congress-represent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54369","title":{"rendered":"Exactly Who Does Congress Represent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2024\/04\/03\/the-most-terrifying-poll-result-ive-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issues &amp; Insights<\/a> posted the results of a Scott Rasmussen poll.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Among all Americans, just 7% said they would want their candidate to win by cheating. As Rasmussen put it, he\u2019d rather see that number lower, but that\u2019s not bad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>But\u00a0<em>more than a third<\/em>\u00a0of the elite 1% he surveyed would condone cheating. And among those who are \u201cpolitically obsessed\u201d \u2013 meaning that they talk about politics every day \u2013 that number shot up to 69%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Keep in mind that this elite 1% group is overwhelmingly liberal. According to Rasmussen, these are mainly well-educated urbanites who make more than $150,000 a year and think Joe Biden is doing a great job. Nearly three-quarters identify as Democrats.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>They are also highly influential when it comes to policy, and they are completely out of touch with everyday Americans. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/committeetounleashprosperity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Them-vs-Us_CTUP-Rasmussen-Study-FINAL.pdf\">few examples<\/a>\u00a0from the survey:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nearly 60% say there is too much individual freedom in America \u2013 double the rate of all Americans.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>More than two-thirds (67%) favor rationing of energy and food to combat the threat of \u201cclimate change.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nearly three-quarters (70%) of the elites trust the government to \u201cdo the right thing most of the time.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>More than two-thirds (67%) say teachers and other educational professionals should decide what children are taught rather than letting parents decide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nearly three-quarters (74%) say they are financially better off than before COVID, compared with 20% of the general public.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>These elites are also the people who are constantly wailing and gnashing their teeth about how Donald Trump is a \u201cgrave threat to democracy.\u201d You can\u2019t turn on the television, open a newspaper, or go to any mainstream news site without being warned that \u201cdemocracy is on the ballot this November,\u201d or told that Trump is a wannabe dictator, his followers semi-fascists, blah, blah, blah.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Yet most of these same elites would be happy to see Biden and the Democratic Party rob and cheat to steal an election rather than let Trump win a second term in office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is time Americans elected people who actually represent them. Our current elected officials clearly represent only a small minority of the people. All of us need to get involved in primary elections to change this&#8211;until we change the candidates, we won&#8217;t change the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Issues &amp; Insights posted the results of a Scott Rasmussen poll. The article reports: Among all Americans, just 7% said they would want their candidate to win by cheating. 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