There are many folks occupying various niches of society who are mad as hell about what's happened over the course of the past five or six years, but are still taking it. They're anxious about their future prospects, and quite upset about how the elite manages the direction of the country they would like back. They may not even know exactly what a progressive position or direction is, but they know what they like and don't like and feel strongly that our institutions, especially the parties, are simply not responsive. Even unions, so thoroughly weakened in recent years that they've become susceptible to further attacks from republicans who aptly point to their inconsistencies, are seen by many as privileged entities that mostly represent those who live longer.