What specific policies of Brown's are too liberal for the people of Ohio?
I mean I don't really have time to list everything, from guns to single payer and beyond.
Sherrod's an unabashed far left progressive, I don't think it's that shocking for me to say that. And Ohio is a center right leaning swing state. Sherrods also an attentive and active senator who is likeable with a great Ohio ballot name, ideologically he's to the far left of the majority of state packed with blue collar Democrats.
41% of self described Republicans support single payer healthcare. 58% of the American public does. It's not a far left issue.
On guns you might have a point. But my gut tells me that that's more of an emotional "liberals look down on us" issue than one of specific policy for most voters. And Sherrod just doesn't come across as a condescending liberal.
The majority of people don't support single payer.
When asked if they support single payer they say yes, when told what single payer is they don't like it. The majority of people have no idea what single payer actually means, it just sounds nice and they "support" it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/people-have-no-idea-what-single-payer-means/471045/
And don't say it's republican BS because I even took it from the Atlantic.
so few people understand polls.
Majority of people do. 60%go for Federal Government has responsibility to ensure healthcare coverage. And 58% in this poll want federal government to provide insurance to everyone.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/27/how-do-americans-feel-about-single-payer-health-care-its-complicated/?utm_term=.d7ecbd574513http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/13/more-americans-say-government-should-ensure-health-care-coverage/ft_17-01-13_healthcoverage_responsibility/Even in the worst possible poll for Single Payer with "Single Payer" written, 44% support explicitly a Single Payer, 36% oppose, rest undecided. In every single poll, people support a version of Single Payer. The support dramatically increased when the world Federal Government funded or Medicare type terms are used which people can relate to, but even with Single Payer, people support it far more than they oppose it. Independents strongly support a Single-Payer & the number of Republicans supporting it has only massively risen to a point where the "Yes" voters are getting close to the "N" voters!
The people who are peddling this theory are themselves fringe uber right wing people.
https://morningconsult.com/2017/04/12/plurality-voters-back-single-payer-health-care-system/