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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFirst Poll numbers in, Republicans fared slightly worse than we do.
Having endured this before, I refused to get my hopes up that this would be the nail in the Rethug coffins. Looks like I was right, because while more people blame the Rethugs, a majority still blame us and President Obama.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/07/cnn-shutdown-poll-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around/
"But the Democrats are not getting off scot-free. Fifty-seven percent of Americans are also angry at the way the Democrats are dealing with the shutdown. And a 53% majority say they are also angry at President Obama," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "It looks like there is more than enough blame to go around and both parties are being hurt by the shutdown."
So the best that can be said is that we don't suck as much as the Repukes, we still suck according to those people who were polled.
As I feared, this was a lose lose for everyone involved. But perhaps if we keep screaming that it's the Rethugs fault, then those poll numbers will tick a bit more in our favor, and perhaps a majority won't think we suck almost as bad as the damned Rethugs.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)at work.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)And most people don't investigate further than the news.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Or when he appoints even more Republicans to high-level positions?
How about when he drops a few more drones on wedding parties and children in the Middle-East?
Or prosecutes a few more whistle-blowers for telling the truth?
At least, with his NSA program, we have a president who really listens to us.
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)all our NUKES! as I set my hair on fire....
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)Despite all the hoopla over the government shutdown and the debt ceiling my vote will still count on which candidates fought for education, wages, SS, unions, and many other important issues.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Others are "Democrats (D)" which have hijacked the Democratic Party.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)this is what happens.
Both parties aren't the same.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)If this doesn't make clear how DIFFERENT the parties are, than those who don't get it never will.
And of course, there are those who still believe that the teevee people always tell the truth, so the GOP-biased MSM just keeps perpetrating the ignorance.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Poll: 70 Percent Disapprove Of GOP Approach To Gov't Shutdown
Seventy percent of Americans disapprove of the way Republican lawmakers are approaching budget negotiations as the federal government shutdown enters its second week, a seven point jump from last week, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll published Monday.
President Barack Obama fared marginally better, with 51 percent of respondents disapproving of his handling of budget negotiations. Congressional Democrats, however, carried a 61 percent disapproval rating, according to the poll.
A Pew poll also released Monday bolstered this perception somewhat. According to that survey, 38 percent of Americans blamed the shutdown on congressional Republicans and 30 percent blamed it on the Obama administration.
The Post-ABC poll, conducted Oct. 2 - 6, surveyed 1,005 adults on conventional and cellular phones with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The Pew poll, conducted Oct 3-6, surveyed 1,000 adults on conventional and cellular phones with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.Update
Update: A CNN poll also released Monday found that 63 percent of Americans are angry at congressional Republicans for the way they have handled the government shutdown, while 57 percent are angry at Democrats and 53 percent are angry at President Barack Obama.
The CNN poll, conducted Oct. 3-6, surveyed 1,009 adults via telephone with a margin of sampling error plus or minus three percentage points.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-70-percent-of-americans-disapprove-of-republican-approach-to-budget-negotiations
PPP--"GOP could lose the House in 2014"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023794379
on edit: There you go- a link to their's. Happy now?
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)Given the media BS false equivalency, it's surprising that of the 70 percent who disapprove of Republicans, 51 percent are in the "strongly" category.
That's a majority.
For the President, that number is 39 percent.
I still think Independents in these polls skew right. Nevertheless, Republicans are getting slammed in poll after poll.
More horrendous polling news for GOP: Even in deep red Utah, voters say they've gone too far
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023799150
sibelian
(7,804 posts)another PLONK for me...
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)well spotted? And what the heck is a PLONK?
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)and I reposted it for you to see. I took no credit for anything if that is what you are trying to say and I posted the original links too.
But just in case you are implying that I was plagiarizing and attempting to take credit for that post, I did edit it and posted her link.
Oh, I see- you think I'm her and that I'm spamming? Let me tell you sweetie, I know precisely who I am.
Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Come on, that's too convenient. It's all right, I'm sure that if you were a duplicate account, that the admin would have spotted and removed both by now.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)karynnj
(59,504 posts)This is obnoxious and silly.
I don't get the animosity here - it is actually a pretty good idea to add the various polls on this to later threads because - in total - they tell more than when seen alone. (In fact, to research results, I recommend pollingreport.com which seems to collect polls and organizes them by subject and within subject by date of polling. )
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Polls: Public places more blame for shutdown on GOP
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/07/20857912-polls-public-places-more-blame-for-shutdown-on-gop?lite
By Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News
As the federal governments shutdown nears its second week, a pair of new polls released Monday suggests the fiscal standoff has begun to weigh on the Republican Party.
No one not Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama or his Democratic allies on Capitol Hill comes away looking particularly great as a result of the shutdown, according to separate polls released Monday from the Pew Research Center and Washington Post/ABC News. But the negative fallout from the shutdown is more sharply pronounced in public opinion toward the GOP.
President Barack Obama calls on Republican House Speaker John Boehner to bring a clean continuing resolution to the floor for a vote. Obama made the remarks Monday in Washington, D.C., while visiting FEMA headquarters.
Thirty-eight percent of Americans said Republicans were to blame for the shutdown, versus 30 percent who blame the Obama administration and 19 percent who blame both, according to the Pew poll, which was conducted in the days since the shutdown came to pass. (For context, a Pew poll before the shutdown found that 39 percent would blame the GOP, 36 percent would blame Obama and 17 percent would blame both if the shutdown were to occur.)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023801936
otohara
(24,135 posts)are cringe worthy.
American's think...ha!
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)but the fucking MSM is trying to keep it close to please they corporate over lords
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)And there has to be someone specific against the repub.
madokie
(51,076 posts)then we can make up our minds if this is a true measure or not
My suspicion is it's all in the way it was asked that got these results
cali
(114,904 posts)WCGreen
(45,558 posts)who are ignorant or mislead about "Obamacare".
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)not about ascribing accountability but about how the issue is being handled. It is fully possible in this and other instances to think that Party A is fully to blame but that both A and B are not handling the situation well.
Rectangle
(667 posts)I'd consider the source somewhat in this instance!
Shivering Jemmy
(900 posts)Not "first poll. One of many.
Your writeup is inadequate.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)a LOT more blame the glop.