Page 23 - Majority Support News Today

Resigning from being japans prime minister in 2020. so, being involved in the ldp runup to the election to generate support for candidates, hes been very much seen as a king maker here in japan. again, you know, highly respected, longest-serving prime minister, you know, getting his stamp of approval goes a long way here in japanese politics. >> and just on that note, just how popular is shinzo abe, given that he was the longest-serving former prime minister? >> reporter: you know, i think -- i ...

His concurrence. and i think the same is true at the senate in the congress. i mean, the end -- you know, i wrote in that story that if you think about the south during the era of jim crow, its political priority at the federal level was primarily defensive. it was to keep the federal government from overturning segregation in their states. they werent trying to export it, segregation, to california or new york. what we are more is like the south in the 1850s when the goal was offensive, was to ...

The senate in the congress. i mean, the end -- you know, i wrote in that story that if you think about the south during the era of jim crow, its political priority at the federal level was primarily defensive. it was to keep the federal government from overturning segregation in their states. they werent trying to export it, segregation, to california or new york. what we are more is like the south in the 1850s when the goal was offensive, was to expand slavery into more states, including potent...

Decision, griswold, on contraception, interracial marriage, abortion, later same sex relations and marriage. basically reducing the ability of states to constrict and roll back, restrict fundamental national rights. we are now clearly moving in the opposite direction toward an era of what i call the great divergence between red states and blue states but even that i think is a way station. i think the evidence is overwhelming this axis, their goal is to impose the red state program on the blue s...

Ranked choice voting is lifted up as a fix for a common voter dilemma in crowded candidate fields. How does it work?

Have maority support. for those have majority support. for those who _ have majority support. for those who are _ have majority support. for those who are tuning in from different parts of the world and are not familiar with the american way of political processes, can you give us a processes, can you give us a sense processes, can you give us a sense of how strong the gun lobby really is and why do we see this kind of resistance? it is a really important consideration stop in at the us, we have...

Week and _ us. are you likely to see this week and with _ us. are you likely to see this week and with the _ us. are you likely to see this week and with the resistance weve seen in the past? i think weve seen in the past? i think we have seen _ weve seen in the past? i think we have seen movement - weve seen in the past? i think we have seen movement at. weve seen in the past? i think| we have seen movement at the state level that can help us to be optimistic about how we can get some of these ...

Its the crisis of majority rule were having as the quirks in our constitutional system give more influence -- >> you mean minority rule. >> yeah, minority rule to give those states in effect a veto over national policy. if you look at polling, don, its pretty clear americans are in the same places as will heard. yes, they dont think gun control alone is going to solve the problem of mass shooting. they think its a multifaceted problem. but they do believe gun control is part of the solution. and...

>> i want to hear as a parent, what do you feel, and when you think other parents are feeling? >> look, it tears you up. but you gotta get yourself out of the emotion. every time you think about the children, and the families, and the poor choices that we are making. its gonna cause you to tear up. if you are engaged with your heart and not your head. but then as a society, we have to straighten the civic backbone. say, thoughts and prayers are not enough. this is not inevitable. what can we do?...

Together this summer because there were special session after special session. it was all in the name of voter suppression. we cant do it to save lives. this is the party that is pro life. >> i really want to broaden this out. you are making such a good point. governor abbott is the governor of a state that is out of the mainstream of republican ideology and beliefs on abortion. vigilante laws do not have majority support in the country. governor abbott is the governor of a state out of the main...