What are your politically unpopular views?

[Schiff for Senate]

I have a few related to the electoral process and what people are voting for:

1. The House of Representatives should be doubled in size.
2. All state legislatures should be full-time and paid like it.
3. Way too many positions are publicly elected at the state and local levels.

Not sure any of these would garner 60% disapproval if posed directly to the voters. 1 and 3 feel like common sense everyone should be able to get behind, and 2 doesn't seem too controversial either.

-Felons should be able to vote, even while serving their sentence.

The point is that they're being punished and are not yet ready to return as functioning, engaged members of society. As Eisenhower said, a prison has everything except freedom - and truly, that lack of freedoms ought to include the freedom to vote.

-Taxes on the rich should be raised to lower the burden on lower-class families

I think something like this would have 60% support (or higher), not 60% opposition.

[Schiff for Senate]

I have a few related to the electoral process and what people are voting for:

1. The House of Representatives should be doubled in size.
2. All state legislatures should be full-time and paid like it.
3. Way too many positions are publicly elected at the state and local levels.

Not sure any of these would garner 60% disapproval if posed directly to the voters. 1 and 3 feel like common sense everyone should be able to get behind, and 2 doesn't seem too controversial either.

-Felons should be able to vote, even while serving their sentence.

The point is that they're being punished and are not yet ready to return as functioning, engaged members of society. As Eisenhower said, a prison has everything except freedom - and truly, that lack of freedoms ought to include the freedom to vote.

-Taxes on the rich should be raised to lower the burden on lower-class families

I think something like this would have 60% support (or higher), not 60% opposition.

Well, this is the politically unpopular views thread for a reason.

And that's fine, but I was enquiring as to your basis for supporting that policy in the first place. We've established it's not popular (although allowing ex-felons to vote certainly is, I'm guessing I'm part of a significant segment who favor voting rights for ex-felons but not current felons).