About 30% of any human population deviates wildly from political "normalcy."
Even in oppressive dictatorships, a quarter (to a third) of citizens benefits from dictatorial rule and therefore supports it (often justifying collusion by denying that dictatorship obtains).
Widespread failure to acknowledge the numerical power of "wingnuts" distorts most political thinking.
Americans still support Declaration of Independence: poll
USA! USA! USA! The timing could hardly be better. On the eve of July Fourth, a strong majority of Americans—70 percent—still firmly support the Declaration of Independence, according to a public opinion survey by Rasmussen Reports.
Here's how Rasmussen puts it:
The Declaration of Independence, ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, asserts that "governments derive their only just powers from the consent of the governed." A new Rasmussen Reports national survey finds that 70% of American Adults agree with that statement, up from 66% last year and up from 56% in 2008. Just 13% now disagree with this assertion, but 17% are undecided.
(Of course, a related poll in late June found that just 22 percent of Americans believe their government has the consent of the governed.)
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