Which Issues? Well Dems support several ideas, that the majorities of Americans actually Agree With!
So start with these Issues, that will appeal to Independents, as recently discussed at the current Democratic Party Retreat:
Democrats Know Getting Back The House Will Be Tough, But They’re Cautiously Optimistic
House Democrats watched John Belushi’s speech from Animal House to get pumped up for midterms on Thursday.
by Jacob Fischler BuzzFeed Staff, Kate Nocera BuzzFeed Staff, buzzfeed.com -- Feb 13, 2014
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Sources in the room during a presentation from Rep. Steve Israel, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said he told members there is still a chance -- if they can win the messaging war.
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[Rep. Steve] Israel showed members polling results that says they are winning on three “key” issues — raising the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance, and not repealing Obamacare.
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“The American people by big numbers agree with our positions on the issues and disagree with the Republicans on the issues,” Rep. Steny Hoyer said a few days ago. “Whether you are talking about UI, minimum wage, immigration, investment in education, and infrastructure … and there are fewer self-identified Republicans than any time in recent history. That does not mean Democrats are overwhelmingly embraced, I understand that. But it does mean the atmosphere that exists is an atmosphere in which Democrats can do well.”
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The Good News: the vast majority no longer want to be called "Republicans."
The Bad News: most of those dis-effected R's don't want to be called "Democratic Voters," either.
Being identified as "Republican Voter" is less popular than a having a root canal" ...
Thing is, the popularity of being a "Democratic Voter," is not much better. (Because Dems generally suck at messaging ... we just expect folks to 'just know' how great we are ...)
Record-High 42% of Americans Identify as Independents
Republican identification lowest in at least 25 years (with Chart)
by Jeffrey M. Jones, gallup.com -- Jan 8, 2014
PRINCETON, NJ -- Forty-two percent of Americans, on average, identified as political independents [42%] in 2013, the highest Gallup has measured since it began conducting interviews by telephone 25 years ago. Meanwhile, Republican identification fell to 25%, the lowest over that time span. At 31%, Democratic identification is unchanged from the last four years but down from 36% in 2008.
The results are based on more than 18,000 interviews with Americans from 13 separate Gallup multiple-day polls conducted in 2013.
In each of the last three years, at least 40% of Americans have identified as independents. These are also the only years in Gallup's records that the percentage of independents has reached that level.
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It seems that the rising popularity of Independent Voters means --
most too many Americans
Don't Know WHAT they want (or Who they agree with).
It is up to us to help them realize, when and where it is the Democratic Party, has their "populist backs:"
... unemployment insurance, minimum wage, immigration, investment in education, investment in infrastructure, and not repealing Obamacare.
-- that is IF we do indeed want to
Take Back the House in the fall?