Evan Bayh Must Have Read This Poll
[Guest post by DRJ]
According to a new Rasmussen poll, 61% of American voters give Congress a poor job approval rating and 63% think the country would be better off if most members of Congress lost their jobs:
“A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of likely voters believe, generally speaking, that it would be better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were defeated this November.
Just 19% disagree and say it would be better if most congressional incumbents were reelected. Another 18% aren’t sure.”
63% number correlates closely to a January 31 Rasmussen poll that 65% of voters view themselves as mainstream or populist voters:
“Mainstream Americans tend to trust the wisdom of the crowd more than their political leaders and are skeptical of both big government and big business (see crosstabs). While Republicans and unaffiliated voters are more likely to hold Mainstream views than Democrats, a majority of those in the president’s party (51%) hold such views.”
Rasmussen defines the counterpart to Mainstream voters as Political Class voters, and they hold very different views:
“The Political Class strongly rejects these views, however. While 78% of Mainstream voters say it would be better for the country if most of the current Congress was turned out of office, 89% of the Political Class think it would be better if most were reelected.”
Republican voters are the most disenchanted with Congress and their representatives, followed by Independents and then Democrats.
— DRJ
It took 3 years of Democrat leadership of Congress, but it now appears the nation may be regaining its sanity. Elections have consequences and electing a preening, unaccomplished leftist to the most important office in the world has only made matters worse. This comes as no surprise to many of us, but the rest are rapidly catching up.
GeneralMalaise (4d34a1) — 2/15/2010 @ 2:28 pmNo, the problem is that they haven’t spent enough money.
AD - RtR/OS! (89e14c) — 2/15/2010 @ 2:37 pmIt’s time to stop starving the Social-Welfare State!
According to a new Rasmussen poll, 61% of American voters give Congress a poor job approval rating and 63% think the country would be better off if most members of Congress lost their jobs
I agree. The country would be much better if most Republican members of Congress were sent home.
Triumph (b66fe4) — 2/15/2010 @ 2:40 pmTriumph is an Independent, remember?
JD (1cc534) — 2/15/2010 @ 2:42 pmThat makes you a classic Democrat, Triumph, because they were the least likely to want their elected officials to be replaced. Overall, Republicans and Independents are the most unhappy with Congress.
DRJ (6a8003) — 2/15/2010 @ 2:43 pmDoes anyone live in Indiana? Support Tamyra! She needs signatures by tomorrow at noon!
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/02/15/lets-help-tamyra-dippolito-get-the-500-votes-he-needs/#comment-56256
wt (52a9ee) — 2/15/2010 @ 2:43 pm“Triumph is an Independent, remember?”
Tiredrump was emancipated from his brain a number of years ago.
GeneralMalaise (4d34a1) — 2/15/2010 @ 2:48 pmMost sitting Republican congressmen and women are as dumb as can be, doing greater harm to their Party and their cause than Democrats will ever do. If I was a real conservative (which I am) rather than a partisan Republican I’d sure wish Bachmann or Inhofe for instance to be sent back to asylum and make way for smarter chaps.
Triumph (b66fe4) — 2/15/2010 @ 3:02 pmThar she blows!
AD - RtR/OS! (89e14c) — 2/15/2010 @ 3:07 pmLOL… Tiredrump is now in contention for “Tool of the Week”.
GeneralMalaise (4d34a1) — 2/15/2010 @ 3:07 pmTriumph – Are you a concerned christian “real conservative”?
daleyrocks (718861) — 2/15/2010 @ 3:28 pmTriumph – Can only one man save America (Nor Luap)?
daleyrocks (718861) — 2/15/2010 @ 3:30 pmTriumph/Moby, are you not late for delivering your next album? I suggest you spend more time in the studio.
SPQR (26be8b) — 2/15/2010 @ 3:36 pmI just saw some numbers from that respected pollster who works for Kos and it said that most likely voters are not only Democratic, but that they just lurve their current Dem representatives. Prove me wrong, America!
Comment by Myron
Dmac (799abd) — 2/15/2010 @ 3:59 pmA real conservative – that is more funny than the bluster from Myron.
JD (5acd54) — 2/15/2010 @ 4:00 pmThe problem with poll numbers like these is that people only vote for their own representative, not everyone else’s. What are the generic re-elect numbers for one’s own district rather than Congress as a whole? I’m guessing that looks quite a bit more incumbent friendly.
It would be an interesting idea to come up with an election system where you in fact do vote on everyone else’s rep but not your own and everyone else does the same.
Soronel Haetir (ed9110) — 2/15/2010 @ 4:02 pm“Prove me wrong, America!”
Pure. Comedy. Gold.
GeneralMalaise (4d34a1) — 2/15/2010 @ 4:05 pm