Wouldn't it be great if we could send that 37% to Mars along with Elon? My fantasy .... I'd be curious to see the age breakdown on this ... hoping younger generations are trending progressive. I'd think they are for now, but I worry about that after the last election and due to the "manosphere".

37% That's exactly the number of people that haven't read a book in years, haven't left their county of birth ever and billionaires.

Yep.

Religion is the single reason why republicans get any minority votes

We say here in Québec: les édentés. "The toothless". Uneducated, gullible, low-informed people. Don't forget them lol

Have you read Dr. Altemeyer's book "The Authoritarians"? I've only listened to a review into it so far, but he mentions about those that have a bent to follow Authoritarian personalities. It was quite interesting & I'm looking forward to reading it. The Authoritarians share.google/YkOQlvhYRxnW...

It’s a depressingly high number.

In other words more than one third of Americans are just as you described.