NationStates Jolt Archive

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/09/election.poll/index.html
(CNN) -- Most Americans believe the GOP-controlled Congress has been a failure and say they plan to vote for Democrats in November, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Fifty-three percent of registered voters polled by Opinion Research Corp. for CNN said they were supporting Democrats, while 40 percent said they were leaning Republican. The remaining 7 percent either planned to support another party or had no opinion.

As for changing their minds when they get to the ballot box, only 43 percent of those planning to vote for Democrats said that was a possibility as opposed to 54 percent of those saying they plan to support Republicans.

Fifty-four percent said that since 1995, the GOP-led Congress has been a failure. Forty percent called it a success. In a similar 1998 poll, 58 percent of respondents called Congress successful.

I long for gridlock. :)

Yes, because CNN is an unbiased source. :rolleyes:

They've been in for 12 years. Time for them to be replaced by a new Congress and party...hopefully one who shows more restraint and foresight than the current one. This Congress has fallen a long way since 1994 and it's due time that we brought some change in to it.

Yes, because CNN is an unbiased source. :rolleyes:
The poll wasn't done by CNN.

It is my belief that the Republicans will maintain control of both House and Senate.

Yes, because CNN is an unbiased source. :rolleyes:

Can you name one source that is considered unbiased by most people? These days everyone is convinced the other party has it's claws into the media.

It is my belief that the Republicans will maintain control of both House and Senate.

Most likely; I don't think there's the kind of vulnerability in Congress today like there was in 1994. Still, I think the gap between the parties will narrow in the House and to a lesser extent in the Senate; gridlock will be a lot more likely than it is now.

Most likely; I don't think there's the kind of vulnerability in Congress today like there was in 1994. Still, I think the gap between the parties will narrow in the House and to a lesser extent in the Senate; gridlock will be a lot more likely than it is now.
I totally disagree. The president in power now has one of the lowest approval ratings in history and his party is in controll of congress. If the Republicans maintain control it will be a different set of republicans.

I totally disagree. The president in power now has one of the lowest approval ratings in history and his party is in controll of congress. If the Republicans maintain control it will be a different set of republicans.

Clinton's and the Democratic Congress' approval rating in 1994 were hovering around 40%, so it's possible that the Republicans could suffer a serious reversal. However, in order to do that the Democrats are going to have to not just tie their opponents to Bush but also to address the fact that the approval ratings for individual representatives don't always correspond to the overall Congress.

Unlike in 1994, however, many Republicans are moving to actively distance themselves from Bush; that's a big difference compared to the Democrats and Clinton so it might have an effect. Even some of the Congressional supporters of Bush are abandoning him; the fact that so many are distancing themselves from the Whit House may hurt the Democrats by weakening their inability to weave together the unpopular Congress, unpopular President, and the individual candidates.

No one should ever take a poll as a good source. Whenever polls on Congress are done, a majority is always displeased regardless of which party is in power. When the poll questions do you support your own congressman, the results are different. We did a study of this in government when studying why so few seats are up for grabs when there are so many unsatisfied voters.

Besides, a polster can make a poll say whatever the hell they want through the wording of the question.

Can you name one source that is considered unbiased by most people? These days everyone is convinced the other party has it's claws into the media.

AP?

the fact that the approval ratings for individual representatives don't always correspond to the overall Congress.


THis is the biggest fact that the media ignores when they show polls. People are always dis-satisfied with congress as a whole, but they generally support their own representative at the same time.