ML-Implode News - Despite Electoral Win, Trump Lacks Popular Mandate on Key Policy Planks, Including Health and Taxes

On other issues, a similarÂ story presents itself. Public Policy Polling (PPP)Â hasÂ foundÂ that the vast majority (88 percent) of voters inÂ Florida, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- four crucial swing states, three of which went to Trump this fall --Â opposeÂ cutting Social Security benefits, while a majority (68 percent) oppose privatizing Social Security. Similarly, 67 percent of AmericansÂ support requiring high-income earners to pay the payroll tax for all of their income (the cap is currently $118,500), according to a Gallup poll.Â America'sÂ two other major social programs, Medicare and Medicaid, are alsoÂ widely supported by Americans,Â and the vast majority oppose any spending cuts to either. In fact, more Americans support cutting the national defense budget than Medicare or Medicaid.
It goes on and on. A majority of Americans, 61 percent, believe that upper-income earnersÂ pay too little in taxes. AÂ majority of 64 percent believe thatÂ corporations don't pay their fair share in taxes. Significant majoritiesÂ believe that wealth distribution is unfair in America,Â support raising the minimum wageÂ (though perhaps not as high as Sanders would like), and say theyÂ are worried about climate change.

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Despite Electoral Win, Trump Lacks Popular Mandate on Key Policy Planks, Including Health and Taxes