America's progressive majority

The Campaign for America's Future, which organized this week's Take Back America conference (see next post), released a review of public-opinion research showing that conservatives are simply lying when they say the U.S. is a conservative country (tompaine.com):

Polling by the Pew Research Center shows 84 percent support to increase the minimum wage. Gallup shows that more Americans sympathize with unions than with companies in labor disputes (52 to 34 percent). NBC News and the Wall Street Journal polls indicate that nearly twice as many people think the U.S. is more hurt than helped by the global economy (48 to 25 percent). [...]

[R]esearch by the University of Michigan National Election Studies reveals that 69 percent of Americans believe government should care for those who can't care for themselves. Twice as many people want "government to provide many more services even if it means an increase in spending" (43 percent) as want government to provide fewer services "in order to reduce spending" (20 percent). Majorities say we need a bigger government "because the country's problems are bigger" (59 percent) and a "strong government to handle complex problems" (67 percent). [...]

On health care, Gallup's latest poll reveals that 69 percent of Americans think it's the government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have health coverage. Only 28 percent disagreed. Polls by CBS/New York Times in February 2007 reveal that 76 percent of Americans would give up the Bush tax cuts to make sure all Americans have access to health care.

The article also reveals the majority positions on abortion, sex education, energy policy, and global terrorism.