"Centrist:"

The results of a major poll commissioned by the Progressive Change Institute in January underscore the need to change the way we label political policies. PCI solicited ideas online through an open submission process -- more than 2,600 specific proposals were submitted -- and then let people vote on them; more than a million did. A national poll was then conducted; here are proposals that received more than 70% support:
Allow Government to Negotiate Drug Prices (79%)
Give Students the Same Low Interest Rates as Big Banks (78%)
Universal Pre-Kindergarten (77%)
Fair Trade that Protect Workers, the Environment, and Jobs (75%)
End Tax Loopholes for Corporations that Ship Jobs Overseas (74%)
End Gerrymandering (73%)
Let Homeowners Pay Down Mortgage With 401k (72%)
Debt-Free College at All Public Universities (71%)
Infrastructure Jobs Program — $400 Billion / Year (71%)
Require NSA to Get Warrants (71%)
Disclose Corporate Spending on Politics/Lobbying (71%)
Medicare Buy-In for All (71%)
Close Offshore Corporate Tax Loopholes (70%)
Green New Deal — Millions Of Clean-Energy Jobs (70%) Full Employment Act (70%)
Expand Social Security Benefits (70%)
It doesn't need to be pointed out that these results are in line with Bernie Sanders’ politics and not with Hillary Clinton's. For example, the infrastructure jobs program (a key element of Sanders’ platform) had 91% support from Democrats, 61% from independents and even 55% support from Republicans, compared to only 28% opposed.

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