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🗓️ 31 July 2025
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A majority of registered voters think the Democrats are out of touch with Americans' everyday concerns according to recent polling.
Social inequality scholar Joan Williams discusses her book "Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class – And How to Win Them Back."
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0:39.5 | This is on point. I'm Megyn Chakrabardi. |
0:42.8 | We shouldn't put too much weight on any one political poll in this country. |
0:48.0 | Each one is just a snapshot of the mood of American voters at one specific moment in time. |
0:53.8 | And for this reason, I tend to prefer tracking polls. |
0:57.8 | That said, one very recent poll is sending very strong, |
1:03.5 | even if confusing, signals about where American voters are right now. |
1:09.4 | The Wall Street Journal conducted this poll between July 16th to July 20th, |
1:14.0 | so just a couple of weeks ago. And Aaron Zittner, Wall Street Journal political reporter and editor, |
1:19.1 | describes the top line findings in a journal video. So first of all, what do voters think |
1:25.4 | about the Republicans' giant budget bill they just passed? |
1:30.3 | That big Republican tax bill, more people disapprove of it than support it. |
1:35.2 | They think overall that it's going to help the wealthy, help large corporations, and raise the deficit while hurting the poor. |
1:43.7 | So the Wall Street Journal poll found that 52% of voters oppose the bill, while only 42% favorite. |
1:51.3 | That's a 10-point gap. |
1:53.4 | Okay, here's another one. |
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