Perhaps you can let me know more but I believe there are some gun control steps that receive majority public support in surveys but can't get through the senate.
Just off the top of my head, the big one is that like 90% of Americans are in favor of Universal Background Checks. and even like 70% of Gun owners (maybe even NRA members are not opposed to this). Even the majority of Republican voters have no issue with background checks.
Up until recently these kind of bills never reached the floor of the senate. since the Republican had the majority these things would either die in committee or the Senate Majority Leader would never let it come to a vote. (The Republicans have been in the Majority in the senate for 10 years.)
This may also be true on other issues like climate change and medical care. Bernie Sanders claimed that many of his "radical" and "socialist" programs are actually supported by the majority.
I can't give you examples off the top of my head but you are correct in your thinking. oh! one example I can give you off the top of my head is that the majority of Americans (even the ones who live in Georgia, Arizona, Texas, and Iowa, are in favor of Voting rights. Its just the Republican Govenors and Senators that are screwing things up.
It's always seems strange to me how little the democrats push this angle.
Well up until a few months ago there was little they could do put try to flip seats. What sort of amazes me is how difficult it is to flip a seat. (I.E. Georgia).
A lot of big companies support Republican simply because of the tax issue. Think of it this way, even if 90% of the voters want change. They only have like 10% of the money.
A couple years back I went to a Red District to knock on doors for the Democratic candidate for the US house of Reps. We were trying to get rid of Nunes who had a lot of opposition from all over the country, and money was flowing in to support his opposition. but big companies still outspent the Democrat.
If I was the democrats, prior to a vote in the senate, I'd have everyone in the party giving media interviews and tweeting and making it very clear to the public that the senate is about to vote on whether to accept the will of the American people or the minority of corporate interests. I'd make a huge fuss over it.
maybe they could do a better job of that. but its not like they don't already do that. With the Senate in recess that Senaors and Representatives have gone home and are having town halls and such. My Rep is having a virtual town hall later this week. I am in a blue district and state so there isn't that much I can do here. I am a member of Indivisible and Move On. Right now Move on is running several telephone banks and post card writing campaigns aimed at people in red districts.. Two years ago Move On and Indivisible members in Republican districts camped out and harassed republican Reps and senators. They even got a few to retire.
I'd also organize peaceful marches in advance of the vote, and again after it if the results was against the wishes of the people.
Yeah. and again we do that. if you can watch CNN or MSNBC you will see on TV lots of marches. (well not in the last 12 months) Last time there was a school shooting we all marched to San Francisco city hall. when Kavanaugh was being nominated and then when the Mueller report was redacted we did similar stuff. Not that it made any difference.
Here in California these were big things, too. I probably have some pictures.
Even in Red Districts there have been big marches.
There doesn't seem much anger from either citizens or democrats when the Republicans vote against the majorities wishes.
I don't know. maybe you just aren't close enough to see it. But also for some of us the futility of it sometimes sinks in.
I'd be interested to read a list of "things that a majority of Americans support, but the senate has blocked."
I did a little googling and found this list. not exactly what you asked for but close enough.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have turned the Senate into a legislative...
www.democrats.senate.gov
