Poll: Democratic Party in Free Fall on Economic Issues
Posted by Tom Bevan - Real Clear Politics
It's hard to imagine more dire news for the Democratic Party than the results of the most recent Ipsos-McClatchy poll.
According to the survey, the Democratic Party has suffered a serious decline in favorability over the past year. At the end of November, 2008, Democrats had a net +27 favorable rating (61 fav/34 unfav). Today the gap is just +5, with 51% holding a favorable view of the Democratic Party and 46% holding an unfavorable view.
Things look especially bleak on economic-related issues. Consider:
In the past year, the Democrats' substantial lead over Republicans on the question of which party can do a better job of handling the economy has completely evaporated. Last November Democrats held a 31-point advantage on that question, 58 to 37. Today their lead is down to just a single point, 40 to 39.
On the issue of taxes, Democrats are now running two points behind Republicans after leading last year by a 17 point margin, 52-35.
Ditto the issue of economic growth. A 30-point Democratic advantage last November is now a 3-point deficit to Republicans, 38 to 41.
On the issue of making America compe ive in the world economy, the Democrats' 20 point advantage last November is down to just three.
The biggest shift of all comes on the question of who can better deal with the federal budget deficit. Last year Democrats lead Republicans 56 to 26. Today, Republicans lead Democrats on the issue by a 41 to 34 margin - a net 37-point swing in just over twelve months.
Lastly, on the issue of which party can do a better job of reforming the United States health care system, Democrats' advantage over Republicans has gone from 39 points (62-23)last year down to just 4 points today (40-36).
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2010 is looking better and better all the time!
Osamas "hope and change" got em all riled up. Now that the reality of it all is becoming more apparent with each passing day, they have mostly came back down to earth.
I can hardly wait for the 2010 elections. Then it will hit home to Democrats that this liberal tirade they have been on, is over.
yep, that last administration really ed up this country.
Yep, and this one continues to it up some more.
We have a clown posse running this country, yet Palin is the #1 focus.
hmmm I'm sensing a correlation.
they still have my vote.
-----------------------an independent.
i think it's nice to finally have a president that gives a about afghanistan and all our kids dying there.
the last guy didn't give a about that or the economy.
Please. Nothing has changed except the "team" the guy calling the shots plays for. Oh, but when your guy does something, it's because he cares. When the last guy was doing the exact same thing, he didn't.
Last edited by coyotes_geek; 12-10-2009 at 10:13 AM.
the last guy took a 9 month vacation at the beginning of his term, ignored the warnings, and the result was thousands of dead americans.
he went after bin ladin and the taliban in afghanistan, got bored with that toy, even went as far to say that finding bin ladin wasn't important anymore.
so, he decided (cuz he's the decider) to manufacture an excuse to build a new toy (iraq) and deliberately lied his way to war. thousands more of americans killed and hundreds of thousands injured.
then he got to work on the economy.....
And Obama's response has been more troops, and merely a continuance of all the responses to the economic crisis that Bush had laid out before he left. But hey, at least Obama cares. Hope. Change. Yes we can.
thats what i said. we finally have a president that cares about afghanistan.
why don't you go and tell bush how you feel about him.
it will only cost you a handful of nickels.
Whatever.
Thats why he sent 30,000 more to die over there. He could have stopped this dumbass war but NOOOOOO, he wants our kids to die too! He should send his own kids there.
You've got it all wrong Jack. Obama cares. Now if you'll pardon me I'm scraping together some nickels so that I can go tell Bush that on the Afghan-care-o-meter he was 30,000 troops short.
Obama is a murderer!
true. he killed the republicans.
you guys need some help rounding up those nickels?
No dumbass. He is killing americans. He is a mass murderer and I hope there is a because he will be there when he dies.
nah, just republicans.....so that benefits all of america. a win/win.
the death panels were designed for the few remaining.He is a mass murderer and I hope there is a because he will be there when he dies.
No you ing dumbass. The more you say it does not make it true.
Obama needs to be arrested and put on trial for war crimes. He kills innocent people. The Afgans have done NOTHING and he is killing them. You support murder.
you want him to go to . i hear he's the anti-christ. if you weren't so stupid you'd realize he should be banished to heaven.
you're not bright. did you work for the bush administration?
You are a dumbass. Mass murderers donot go to heaven. They go to .
You are also a hypocrite. Bush and Obama both support war. They both are killers but you want to play politics and say it's ok for Obama to kill but not Bush. That my dumbass troll is a fact. Lets say it together. "They both support war, they both kill innocent people, they are the same in this regard" See it was easy.
how do you punish the anti-christ by sending him to ?
you're very stupid. please tell me you've stopped teaching children.
Barack Obama also kills babies.There is no other way to put it. His stance on abortion makes him (just as it makes everyone who supports the monstrosity of Roe v. Wade) an accomplice to murder. His actions as a legislator (and promised actions as chief executive) put the scalpels and baby-brain sucking vacuums into his bloody hands.
You said he is the anti christ you dumb mother er
there's no such thing as murder.You said he is the anti christ you dumb mother er
it's gods will.
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