A new poll is sending a big warning to Democrats heading into the 2020 election: Most Americans are dead tired of political correctness and don’t want the country headed down that road any further, National Public Radio reported.
The poll — conducted by NPR, PBS NewsHour, and Marist — found that 52 percent of Americans, including a majority of independents, are against the United States becoming more politically correct and are upset over how many things people can’t say anymore, NPR noted.
Only about a third of respondents said they want the U.S. to further embrace political correctness and like it when people are watching what they say, the outlet added.
NPR said that’s “a big warning sign for Democrats heading into the 2020 primaries when cultural sensitivity has become such a defining issue with the progressive base.”
“If the Democratic Party moves in a direction that is more to its base on this issue, it suggests independents are going to be tested to stay with the Democrats electorally,” Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, told NPR. – READ MORE