The U.S Oil Industry? Nationalize it!

Very interesting poll here, showing that "only" 47% of Americans oppose the nationalization of the oil industry. The remainder is made up of about thirty percent in favour of nationalization and the rest "unsure". A plurality of Democratic voters favour nationalization and about two thirds of Republicans oppose it.

It's all moot, obviously, but it's a interesting sign, if anyone doubted it, of the leftward swing in American society over the course of the last few years. In the home of neoliberalism, the blowback seems to be gaining pace.