According to a Poll that was given to the Vanity Fair, independent voters view America’s politicians and media as more interested in impeachment than they are.
“By massive margins, Independents say that the impeachment issue is “more important to politicians than it is to me†(62% to 22%) and “more important to the media than it is to me†(61% to 23%).” https://t.co/HjpIIQ51UN via @VanityFair
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 22, 2019
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Three important factors are driving the views of Independents. The first is that, in their view, impeachment distracts from issues they care about. Twenty-seven percent of Independents described impeachment as a top priority, and another 10% agreed that it is a priority, just not a top one. In the abstract, 37% saying that an issue is a priority doesn’t sound too bad, but among the 11 issues that Politico and Morning Consult tested, impeachment ranked last, well below the deficit at 74%, health care at 72%, and infrastructure at 70%. Even Trump’s absurd border wall scored as a higher priority for Independents. Fundamentally, most Independents want Congress to focus on the issues that impact their lives. They have not been convinced that curtailing the bad acts of Donald Trump would have any tangible effect.
The second factor is the view among Independents that impeachment reflects the agenda of the political establishment and the media. Regardless of what they think about Trump’s behavior, Independents see impeachment as a continuation of the partisan bickering and media excess that began even before his inauguration. By massive margins, Independents say that the impeachment issue is “more important to politicians than it is to me†(62% to 22%) and “more important to the media than it is to me†(61% to 23%). It is hard to read this as anything but a warning to the Democratic leadership and candidates: Stop talking about issues that matter to you, not to me. Impeachment proceedings are viewed as bread and circuses for the anti-Trump crowd in Washington and the media—or, as Stanford political science professor Morris Fiorina described it to me, “entertainment and confirmation.†That’s a dangerous perception as Democrats approach one of the most consequential and fraught elections of our times.
Third, as other reporting has suggested, Independents suffer from scandal fatigue and overall confusion. They agreed with the statement “[It is] difficult to tell all the investigations in Washington apart†by a roughly two-to-one margin. (Even Democrats concur by a substantial, if somewhat smaller, margin). This no doubt reflects a successful Trump strategy to sow confusion and spread blame. By constantly charging others with acting badly and by creating such a long litany of disputable acts, Trump has in effect led many voters to dismiss the whole mess as the type of bad thing that all politicians do. Confusion has been aggravated by a rating-seeking media, whose credibility has been undermined by the fact that some cable hosts and their guests have consistently predicated, with astonishing stubbornness and inaccuracy, that the next scandal will be the one that topples Trump. It may be that the Democrats finally have the best facts against Trump, and the clearest story line of all. But they face a segment of the public that is jaundiced by what has gone on before.
Vanity Fair, which is a left-wing rag obviously tries to cover up this data but even they couldn’t do it. They try to act like these independents are stupid for viewing impeachment in this way. Of course, as usual, the American people have this exactly right. This impeachment is a complete sham. There is nothing about it that will do anything to help the American people. In fact, this impeachment process is doing the exact opposite. It is exposing the American political class for being complete frauds and not caring about corruption. It is fine in the eyes of the Establishment that Joe Biden used his role as Vice President to enrich his son.
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