Issues the American Public Abhors, That Never Change in Congress
ChatGPT is involved here, because there’s really no other source than artificial intelligence to scan the statistics upon so broad an issue. Along with that disclosure, I readily admit my prejudice that “statistics will admit to anything, if sufficiently tortured.”
With both those issues in mind, off we go…
The ‘prompt’ for Chat was, “give me a list of things the American public is 60% against,” and its immediate response was, “If you mean issues where roughly six in ten Americans oppose a policy, proposal, or action, here are some recent examples.”
Fair enough.
Unfavorable view of Benjamin Netanyahu: 59% have no confidence in him; 60% view Israel unfavorably in a recent Pew survey.
U.S. military action in Cuba: 61% opposed.
U.S. military action in Mexico: 60% opposed.
U.S. military action against Iran: 57–70% opposed, depending on the poll.
Continuing the Iran air campaign: 59% opposed in early polling.
Trump’s proposed White House ballroom project: 56% opposed.
Trump’s foreign policy performa…