Politics US Future

This week, a new report released by the Campaign for America's Future and the media watchdog group MediaMatters attempts to finally bury the idea that the U.S. leans rightward. It takes a comprehensive look at the political landscape in which we live and a look forward at America's shifting demographic profile -- all of which reveal a citizenry that is anything but center-right and will only continue to trend in a more progressive direction, leaving modern conservatism increasingly isolated in its ideas.
The study gathered public-opinion data from a number of respected, nonpartisan polling outfits, findings from the (huge) National Election Study series and official statistics on ethnicity and gender to make the case. Among the findings:

On what may be the key difference between liberals and conservatives today --
the role of government -- more than twice as many people agree with the
statement, "there are more things government should be doing" than believe the
Reaganite adage, "the less government, the better."

In 1994, more than half of Americans said, "government regulation of business
usually does more harm than good" and fewer than 4 out of 10 thought "government
regulation of business is necessary to protect the public interest." That's been
flipped on its head during the 15 years since -- today, fewer than 4 in 10
believe regulation causes more harm than good.

A majority (55-70 percent, depending on how the question is worded) believes
it's the government's responsibility to provide health care to all Americans;
fewer than a third of those responding to a CBS/New York Times poll thought
health insurance should be "left only to private enterprise."

Almost 2 out of 3 Americans believe the taxes they pay are fair, and that the
very wealthy pay too little in taxes; almost 7 in 10 believe corporations don't
pay their fair share of taxes.