Last updated on September 21, 2023
Third Parties choose their own platforms. However, if you want to advocate for more or less saleable opinions, you might usefully find out what the more saleable opinions are. The Liberal Patriot is actually a classical liberal site. It focuses on actual data about politics, and is therefore worth subscribing to. It’s also a burr under Democratic and Republican Party politicians. From a recent post of theirs (https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/normie-voters-want-common-sense-politics)
Most recently, the ten statements were tested nationally from April to June among over 18,000 registered voters by RMG Research.
Here are the results:
Equality of opportunity is a fundamental American principle; equality of outcome is not. (73 percent agree/13 percent disagree)
America is not perfect but it is good to be patriotic and proud of the country. (81 percent agree/14 percent disagree)
Discrimination and racism are bad but they are not the cause of all disparities in American society. (70 percent agree/24 percent disagree)
No one is completely without bias but calling all white people racists who benefit from white privilege and American society a white supremacist society is not right or fair. (77 percent agree/15 percent disagree)
America benefits from the presence of immigrants and no immigrant, even if illegal, should be mistreated. But border security is still important, as is an enforceable system that fairly decides who can enter the country. (78 percent agree/14 percent disagree)
Police misconduct and brutality against people of any race is wrong and we need to reform police conduct and recruitment. More and better policing is needed for public safety and that cannot be provided by “defunding the police.” (79 percent agree/15 percent disagree)
There are underlying differences between men and women but discrimination on the basis of gender is wrong. (82 percent agree/12 percent disagree)
There are basically two genders, but people who want to live as a gender different from their biological sex should have that right and not be discriminated against. However, there are issues around child consent to transitioning and participation in women’s sports that are complicated and far from settled. (73 percent agree/17 percent disagree)
Racial achievement gaps are bad and we should seek to close them. However, they are not due just to racism and standards of high achievement should be maintained for people of all races. (74 percent agree/16 percent disagree)
Language policing has gone too far; by and large, people should be able to express their views without fear of sanction by employer, school, institution or government. Good faith should be assumed, not bad faith. (76 percent agree/14 percent disagree)
