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[–]Nombre27 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Policies are rammed through against the publics interests

Example, majority public support for increasing immigration has never existed

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1660/immigration.aspx

[–]Jacinda 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Or both world wars — probably almost all of them tbh.

[–]Nombre27 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Great examples as well.

https://news.gallup.com/vault/265865/gallup-vault-opinion-start-world-war.aspx

Americans' Support for Assisting England, France and Poland

How far should we go in helping England, France and Poland ...

Yes No
% %
Should we sell them food supplies? 74 27
Should we sell airplanes and other war materials to England and France? 58 42
Should we send our Army and Navy abroad to fight against Germany? 16 84
GALLUP, SEPT. 1-6, 1939

Bunch more here. From the dates you can likely see when propaganda started being used.

https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/us-public-opinion-world-war-II-1939-1941

If it appears that Germany is defeating England and France, should the United States declare war on Germany and send our army and navy to Europe to fight?

Gallup, Oct. 5-10, 1939

Yes 29%

No 71%

Do you think the United States should declare war on Germany and send our army and navy abroad to fight?

Gallup, May 18-23, 1940

Yes 7%

No 93%

Which of these two things do you think is the more important for the United States to try to do–to keep out of war ourselves or to help England win, even at the risk of getting into the war?

Gallup, June 27-July 3, 1940

Help 35%

Keep out 61%

No opinion 4%

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The one I like to cite is the 1943 Army poll that found that 90% of American servicemen said they would rather lose the war than end segregation.

[–]Nombre27 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, that's rather revealing.