Sick Of The Exaggeration

From Stephen Green (and a veritable host of others):

“The Democrats have a destructive addiction to the 20% side of a whole host of 80/20 issues.”

I can’t remember who first uttered the “80/20 issues” trope, but I’ll bet it was a Democrat like James Carville or Bill Maher.

With all things, scale matters.

Are you telling me that 20% of voters — that’s one in every five voters — supports:

• men competing in women’s sports
• gender-reversal surgery on minor children without parental notification (let alone consent)
• not expelling criminal illegal aliens
• not ending the flood of illegal immigrants who draw money from public health- and education services, at the expense of U.S. citizens
• deficit spending and a ballooning national debt
• a voting system that enables voter fraud and crooked elections (in guess who’s favor)
• Hamas-sponsored riots and
• anti-Semitic attacks on Jews in college campuses
• eco-terrorism and obstructive demonstrations
• violent demonstrations against public officials (e.g. Supreme Court justices) who dare to oppose their agenda
• waste, abuse and outright fraud in the federal government budget
• sending foreign aid money — by the billion — to sponsor overt anti-American activities abroad
• siphoning “foreign aid” money — by the tens of millions — to line the pockets of executives running Washington D.C. non-profit organizations
• a military weakened by woke DEI policies and regulations
• a foreign policy that supports enemies of the U.S. (e.g. Iran) rather than chastises them
• over-regulation of industry which chokes off economic progress
• schools which have failed our children, and the government department that is responsible for that failure
• a mandate that all cars sold in the U.S. be EVs, by 2030 — i.e. five years’ time — with no supporting infrastructure to sustain them
• [insert your favorite issues here]

Seriously?  One in every five voters supports all the above?

Let me tell you right now:  it’s not 20%, but more like 5%.  In other words, the Democrats are supporting splinter issues that may find favor with only five in every hundred U.S. citizens — and even 5% may be too high.

So let’s quit this exaggeration of their support, please.  Most of their positions are deeply unpopular with almost all voters, and an “80/20” apportionment gives a misleading impression.  Numbers matter, so let’s start using the more-correct one.

Speaking of numbers, here’s a recent poll highlight:

When asked in an open-ended question to name the Democratic leader they feel “best reflects the core values” of the party, “10% of Democratic-aligned adults name New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 9% former vice president Kamala Harris, 8% Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 6% House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Another 4% each name former president Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, with Schumer joining a handful of others at 2%.”

When AOC is your standard-bearer (and the rest are equally dire)…