Predictable: 67% of Political Class Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction, 84% of Mainstream Disagrees

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Predictable: 67% of Political Class Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction, 84% of Mainstream Disagrees
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There is a grand canyon-sized chasm between reality and what those living in it think, and what the disconnected political class thinks. And it's growing over time at about the same rate as taxpayers are becoming serfs, while the political class that is supposed to serve the taxpayers become the masters. From Rasmussen via memeorandum:

Recent polling has shown huge gaps between the Political Class and Mainstream Americans on issues ranging from immigration to health care to the virtues of free markets.

The gap is just as big when it comes to the traditional right direction/wrong track polling question.

A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 67% of Political Class voters believe the United States is generally heading in the right direction. However, things look a lot different to Mainstream Americans. Among these voters, 84% say the country has gotten off on the wrong track.....