Thread by @karaforcongress, How would you define “moderate?” I define a “moderate” as someone with [...]

How would you define “moderate?” I define a “moderate” as someone with views that are are SO MAINSTREAM that a MAJORITY of the country AGREES with them.

By every conceivable metric, I am a Moderate. Let’s go over the statistics:

89% of Americans favor expanded background checks for gun purchasers. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-08-19/poll-majority-favor-gun-control">https://www.usnews.com/news/nati...

Poll: Majority Favor Gun Control

An overwhelming majority of Americans favor background checks on guns.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-08-19/poll-majority-favor-gun-control

84% of Americans approve of paid maternity leave. #5051d18f4858">https://www.forbes.com/sites/carriekerpen/2019/05/07/paid-family-leave-isnt-a-womens-issue-its-a-workplace-issue/ #5051d18f4858">https://www.forbes.com/sites/car...

Paid Family Leave Isn't A Women's Issue; It's A Workplace Issue

We can’t do right by our families or our companies without enacting meaningful paid leave policies.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carriekerpen/2019/05/07/paid-family-leave-isnt-a-womens-issue-its-a-workplace-issue/#5051d18f4858

77% of Americans want to UPHOLD Roe v. Wade. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/447397-77-percent-say-supreme-court-should-uphold-roe-v-wade#:~:text=An%20NPR%2FPBS%20NewsHour%2FMarist,place%2C%20but%20add%20more%20restrictions">https://thehill.com/policy/he...

Poll: 77 percent say Supreme Court should uphold Roe v. Wade

More than three-quarters of Americans say they believe Roe v. Wade should be upheld, but a strong majority say they would like to see restrictions added to the ruling too, according to a new poll.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/447397-77-percent-say-supreme-court-should-uphold-roe-v-wade#:~:text=An%20NPR%2FPBS%20NewsHour%2FMarist,place%2C%20but%20add%20more%20restrictions

74% of Americans support granting legal status to DACA recipients. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/17/americans-broadly-support-legal-status-for-immigrants-brought-to-the-u-s-illegally-as-children/">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...

Americans broadly support legal status for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children

91% of Democrats favor granting legal status to immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children; 54% of Republicans say the same.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/17/americans-broadly-support-legal-status-for-immigrants-brought-to-the-u-s-illegally-as-children/

67% of Americans favor raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30/two-thirds-of-americans-favor-raising-federal-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...

Two-thirds of Americans favor raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour

Democrats are largely united in backing a $15 an hour federal minimum wage. Republican opinion on this issue is more divided.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30/two-thirds-of-americans-favor-raising-federal-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/

67% of registered voters believe in a wealth tax targeting billionaires. https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/484771-poll-67-of-voters-believe-billionaires-should-pay-wealth-tax">https://thehill.com/hilltv/wh...

Poll: Two-thirds of voters say billionaires should pay a wealth tax

Around two-thirds of Americans say they support a "wealth tax" on billionaires in an effort to close the wealth gap in the country, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll.

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/484771-poll-67-of-voters-believe-billionaires-should-pay-wealth-tax

In this race for Congress, my opponent Don Bacon is trying to win votes with FEAR! He wants you to believe that my completely MAINSTREAM ideas are in some way “extreme” or “fringe,” but if you know what statistics are, this accusation is EASILY disproven.

Time and time again, @donjbacon’s positions are OUTSIDE of where a MAJORITY of the country is.

Who’s the “radical extremist” in this race again?

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