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Created: Thu Jun 21, 2007 at 11:13 AM CDT
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David Brock is the author of four political books, serves on the advisory board of Democracy Radio Inc. and is the recipient of the New Democrat Network's first award for political entrepreneurship. He is the President and CEO of
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  • The Progressive Majority: On Immigration


    by: David Brock

    Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 04:00 PM CDT

    How many times have you heard in the media that America is a conservative country and becoming more conservative every day? It's a claim that has been repeated so often by the media, it's become conventional wisdom. Well, Media Matters for America and the Campaign for America's Future have examined 20 years of independent, nonpartisan polling data to prove that this claim is FALSE.

    In our new joint report -- "The Progressive Majority: Why a Conservative America is a Myth" -- we disprove the assumption that Americans are overwhelmingly conservative and demonstrate that, in contrast to the conventional wisdom that Americans are overwhelmingly conservative, a majority of Americans agree with progressives on issue after issue and have for decades.

    One area we cover in our report is on immigration. Here are some of our key findings:

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