Medicare for All and Free College Tuition Are Wildly Popular Policies

New polling shows that socialists' demands like Medicare for All and free college tuition are overwhelmingly popular. We can’t stop now.

Bernie Sanders Discusses Medicare For All Bill In San Francisco

Bernie Sanders speaks during a health care rally at the 2017 Convention of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee on September 22, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images


New polling data from Reuters reveals something a bit shocking, even for those us who believe we have the winning formula: the Left’s flagship policy demands are extremely popular.

Poll respondents were asked whether they supported Medicare for All, tuition-free college, and abolishing ICE. Popular support for these demands was substantial — really substantial, especially given their relative novelty in the political mainstream.

Seventy percent of Americans said they support a single-payer or Medicare for All health insurance system — including 85 percent of registered Democrats and 52 percent of registered Republicans. Compare these numbers to 2014, when only 21 percent of Americans thought we should have a single-payer system.

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