Last week, I wrote about the polling that indicates exactly how the country feels about Republicans. This week, it's time to write about the polling that shows just how Republicans feel about the country.
In the aftermath of the government shutdown created by the intransigence of the House, the Republican Party's polling has been unquestionably abysmal. A majority of the country believes it's a bad thing they control the House of Representatives; three-quarters of the country believes that Republican members of Congress don't deserve reelection; and by a nearly four-to-one margin, Americans think that Republicans in Congress care more about their own ideological pursuits than about the country as a whole.Achieving this sort of polling numbers doesn't happen by accident. Rather, it takes hard work and fervent dedication to a cause to achieve that level of indignity. And when there is a group of elected officials who have worked so hard to achieve massive unpopularity, it raises questions about the electorate who supported their campaigns. Fortunately, many of these questions have now been answered, as you will see below the fold.
i have always believed that there is no love in republica for anything that does not serve there interest, anything they do it has to be some sort of payback, disaster relief they have to know how it will be payed back before they release the purse strings
look how long it's taking to get Sandy relief approved, Cantor wanted to deny his home state Va. until he knew it could be payed for or actually bilking of other programs to replace that money.
they don't care their base are pawns on a board they pull out every 4 years when they need water carriers and votes.
Earlier this week, ABC News published a poll regarding basic views about gender, race and religion. When broken down by partisanship, the results are shocking. Some of the topline numbers are worth quoting in full:
• Among all adults, 53 percent think women have fewer opportunities than men in the workplace. But that ranges from 68 percent of Democrats to 38 percent of Republicans, a difference of 30 percentage points. Comparing the most unlike groups, liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, it’s 76 vs. 35 percent.
• Forty-one percent overall think nonwhites have fewer opportunities than whites in society. Fifty-six percent of Democrats say so, as do 62 percent of liberal Democrats (more than the number of nonwhites themselves who say so, 51 percent). Among Republicans that dives to 25 percent.
• Forty-three percent of Americans say it would be a good thing if more women were elected to Congress – but the range here is from six in 10 Democrats and liberals alike to just 26 percent of conservatives and 23 percent of Republicans. Instead two-thirds or more in these latter two groups say it makes no difference to them.
• Just 23 percent overall say it would be a good thing if more nonwhites were elected to Congress; 73 percent instead say it makes no difference to them. Seeing this as a good thing peaks at 50 percent among liberal Democrats (far more, in this case, than the number of nonwhites themselves who say so, 29 percent). Among conservative Republicans, it’s 5 percent.
notice all the right wing red meat tosses never have any facts to back them up but when the finger points at them there is always more factual backing, remember they are the ones who said they werev not going to let some fact checker and the back up to this,
