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“Rasmussen’s book makes it clear that voters do understand [the reality of the problems we face] and have given considerable thought to what changes would work. . . . Offers realistic solutions to our most pressing problems—both financially and politically.”—Dick Morris, New York Times bestselling author of Screwed! and former advisor to President Bill Clinton
“A really fascinating read.”
—RedState
“Fortunately, at least one prominent assayer of public opinion has taken a good look at [polling practices] and is screaming, ‘Pollster, heal thyself!’ . . . Rasmussen looks at America’s dire fiscal predicament through the lens of . . . a simple, neglected insight: Polling voters about broad political sentiments is very different from polling them about specific policy solutions.”
—The Weekly Standard
Overview
GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE
For more than half a century, Americans have elected candidates who promise to reduce spending. Yet spending has steadily increased. For just as long, politicians have blamed voters, claiming a lack of public support for the necessary cuts to reduce the budget deficit.
In one of the most provocative, important, and yet hopeful books on the economic state of the country yet written, influential political analyst Scott ...