As November nears, voters turn backs on both parties

Source: Washington Post

By Chris Cillizza

What happens if they hold an election in which voters don't like either of their choices? We'll find out in 43 days, as poll after poll shows that both national parties are deeply unpopular with an electorate looking for something new and different. Democrats have suffered from being the majority party for the past 20 months - in control of political Washington and expected to do more by voters who elected President Obama to change the culture in the nation's capital. But Republicans are not offering much that will earn them credit in the eyes of most voters, either.
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And in a Washington Post-ABC News poll released this month, voters expressed a distinct desire not to reelect incumbents in either party. Just 34 percent said Democrats deserved reelection, while 31 percent said Republicans did. The deep unpopularity of the GOP brand is one of the last vestiges of hope for Democrats seeking to retain their majorities in the House and Senate in what - if history is any guide - is shaping up to be a difficult midterm election season for the party.

There is no great affection for the Republican Party in this country, a senior Obama administration official said last week. That creates the opportunity for competitive races district by district.
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Fred Yang, a Democratic pollster involved in a number of competitive House races, said that the GOP unpopularity matters a good deal, adding: "The 2010 Republicans are clearly not the 1994 Republicans, in which the latter not only had the advantage of anti-Democratic sentiment, but a GOP with solid ratings and the Contract With America." Republicans, while largely acknowledging that the gains they make this fall will be less an affirmation of their agenda than a rejection of Democratic policies, argued that Democrats are whistling past the electoral graveyard if they think the low numbers for the GOP brand will drastically affect the election.


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The election is just about 6 weeks away now.

Unemployment is at it's highest since the Great Depression.

We are spending literally trillions to keep 100,000 troops occupied while literally millions this year are losing their homes to the banks.

Both Unions and "Professional Liberals", groups who were crucial to President Obama's victory two years ago, have been literally told to "fuck off" by senior administration officials.

House and Senate leaders have been unsuccessful in organizing Democratic Congressional unity to block or over ride Republican obstructionism.

So ho bad do YOU think it will be 6 weeks from now. Do we lose the House AND Senate , just the House or perhaps a better scenario than any of that?

I'll tell you this much , I am getting reports in from other Progressive who also formerly worked on OFA that OFA participation is a shadow of what it was two years ago.

Forcing a new election with different candidates if no one could beat none of the above.

That option might keep politicians more aligned with the regular voters instead of concentrating on their wealthy donors.

I will also vote for liberal Barbara Boxer and liberal Jerry Brown. My decision was easy even though my congressman and Barbara Boxer are incumbents. I think most people in my neighborhood will vote as I plan to.

This is not a rich neighborhood.

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What happens if they hold an election in which voters don't like either of their choices? We'll find out in 43 days, as poll after poll shows that both national parties are deeply unpopular with an electorate looking for something new and different.

I don't necessarily agree with this. The media is bombarding us with 24/7 coverage of their own self-created "Tea Party" of a tiny minuscule fringe membership that serves the media's agenda.

Nevertheless, it might help if there were more of a distinction between the parties as far as whom they represent and serve. So far, it's all been trickle down voodoo, protect the wealthy and their bonuses. And this is from both parties.

What drives me to volunteer, donate, and vote is how much I despise the repukes.

What motivates the wingnuts is how much the hate a black man in the white house.

There is no enthusiasm on either side.

They're turning into the third party option that people are going to vote for.