This blog invented the term "leftist 20 percenter" long before the "occupy wall street" effort was even a brain fart for some spoiled trust fund leftist sitting in daddy's mansion in Georgetown. The phrase was not a response to the ludicrous "occupy" claim that such "movement" represents 99% of the country. Instead, I coined that term a full year or two before the first stinky "occupy" leftist ever took his first shit on a cop car in Zuccotti Park.The origin of "leftist 20 percenter" is simple: About 20% of the American population inhabits the American far left that bankrolls and controls the leftist democrat party. This is the 20% of the country that calls itself "liberal" or "progressive" or -- even in some instances -- "socialist" (credit Lawrence O'Donnell for at least being honest) and "communist." They are a tiny little minority, and yet they wield such incredible power, which is frequently used to govern directly against the will of the American people (see, e.g., the Obama health care monstrosity) -- as we've so often seen during the Obama regime.
Still, this remains a center-right country, and even an avalanche of Obama executive orders can't change that. The deranged right-wingers who control the republic partisan party and call themselves "conservatives" make up about 40% of the country. The remaining 40% or so is comprised of us Independents as well as so-called "moderates," meaning people who have an allegiance to one of the two rotten political parties but yet don't consider themselves either leftist or "conservative."
These numbers have held true for years and are only confirmed by a new Gallup Poll from this week (link at bottom). According to the poll, 21% of the American population is comprised of "self-professed liberals," while 42% of the population calls itself "conservative." The rest are the Independents and self-described "moderates" (just under 40% total).
So in case you were wondering how the leftists went overnight from representing only 20% of the American population to suddenly representing "99%," that of course never happened. That's nothing more than a propaganda talking point.
The occupy wall streeters remain what they and their fellow leftist 20 percenters have always been -- a loony fringe of American society reflected by the modern democrat party and the incredibly powerful interest groups that prop it up. The leftist 20 percenters ain't gonna go away anytime soon, to be frank, but let's also not live under any illusions as to whom they are and whom they really represent. Which isn't very many people.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/gallup-poll-conservatives-42-liberals-21
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