Hang Right Politics

Posted by Kathy on November 13th, 2007 in Polls

0 out 40

Number of successful attempts by the democrat congress to end the Iraq war. (Note that the article was originally named “Democrats are zero out of 40″ but Politico changed it – probably too many republicans on the comment thread. LOL)

93

The percentage of Americans who think Al Qaeda poses a significant threat to the United States. (follow the link to read more of America’s widely held views and why nuke thinks they indicate a broader support for the GOP in 2008)

1
The top 1 per cent of taxpayers Pay Greater Dollar Amount in Income Taxes to Federal Government than Bottom 90%. Read the whole thing.

And still there are results like this:

The latest Rasmussen Reports tracking poll of issues shows Democrats with the advantage on two out of the three issues that most widely affect voters’ decision-making. The dominant issues are Government Ethics and Corruption, Very Important to 72% of likely voters; the Economy (68%); and National Security and the War on Terror (68%) (see Data Tables).

Republicans are accorded preference on only one issue, National Security and the War on Terror. Forty-five percent (45%) trust Republicans more on national security while 41% trust Democrats more. Historically, over the past generation or so, Republicans have typically enjoyed a larger edge on national security issues. However, during the current election cycle, the parties have consistently been close to parity on the topic.

On the economy, Democrats have a modest advantage of 46% to 41%. That’s down from a 12-point edge a month ago.

Democrats have a bigger “lead,” 38% to 30%, on government corruption. But even when one party seems to have more big scandals in the news, voters and especially unaffiliated voters lean toward a pox-on-both-your-houses attitude. This month, almost half of unaffiliateds (47%) don’t trust either party on the corruption issue.

One of the reasons Republican Presidential candidates are so eager to talk about Senator Hillary Clinton is that the issue environment is so treacherous for the GOP. While the country is evenly divided in its opinion of the former First Lady and current Presidential candidate, there are few issues where Republicans are trusted as much as Democrats. At the moment, voters are trust Democrats more than Republicans on nine out of the ten issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports. This tilt toward the Democrats continues a trend of many months.

Despite the Republican edge on national security, Democrats are more trusted on the War in Iraq, 45% to 41%.

Rasmussen is a polling outfit that successfully reflected the outcome of the last several election cycles. They are reliable. What it tells me is that republicans are losing the information war.

One final illustration of numbers:

It’s working. The media is effectively convincing the public. Keeping progress reports off the front pages keeps people opposed to the war. Tearing down republican candidates is working – the media has planted distrust and it is growing.

I think nuke is on to something – I think Americans are conservative – but they are being lied to and they are swallowing hook line and sinker. Take this result:

Even on Taxes, which most voters would like to see cut, Democrats are preferred by a margin of 45% to 40%. It’s Very Important to 55%.

How is that possible?

and this:

Despite the Republican edge on national security, Democrats are more trusted on the War in Iraq, 45% to 41%. As an issue the war is Very Important to 63%.

These numbers make no sense.