A series of polls last week showed that Americans are leaning toward Democratic candidates in the 2006 Congressional elections.
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). July 8-11, 2005. N=1,009 adults nationwide.
"What is your preference for the outcome of the 2006 congressional elections: a Congress controlled by Republicans or a Congress controlled by Democrats?"
Controlled ByRepublicans 40%
Controlled ByDemocrats 45%
Unsure 15%
National Public Radio Poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies (R) and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D). July 7-11, 2005. N=825 likely voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5."I know it is far ahead, but thinking about next year's elections, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you be voting for the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate in your district where you live?"
Republican 40%
Democrat 47%
Other (vol.) 2%
Unsure 11%
Westhill Partners/Hotline Poll. July 7-10, 2005. N=800 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3.5.
"In your opinion, do you think the country would be better off if the Republicans controlled Congress or if the Democrats controlled Congress?"
Republicans 30%
Democrats 34%
Neither (vol.) 24%
Unsure 12%
"And, thinking about the next election for U.S. Congress, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you be voting for the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate in your district where you live?"
Republican 33%
Democrat 39%
Neither (vol.) 10%
Unsure 17%
Recent polls have indicated widespread disapproval of the GOP-dominated Congress's performance, and this undoubtedly contributes to Americans' desire for change.
Associated Press/Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. July 11-13, 2005. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1.
"Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way Congress is handling its job?" If "mixed feelings" or unsure: "If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approve or disapprove?"
Approve 35%
Disapprove 60%
MixedFeelings 4%
Unsure 1%
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). July 8-11, 2005. N=1,009 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.1."In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Congress is doing?"
Approve 28%
Disapprove 55%
Unsure 17%
As we've noted earlier, Americans see Congress as being "out of touch" with issues that concern most Americans. Abortion and Social Security are two of those issues, but Americans are also more broadly concerned with Government interference in personal, moral issues as exemplified in the Terri Schiavo case.
The GOP is way out of the mainstream. Contrary to its founding principles, contrary to its early history, contrary to the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower, it has become an elitist, extremist instrument of special-interest wealth and power (read: PNAC). The GOP IS the elite.
The GOP must go.
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If the Dems can pull off a 2006 victory, I will hope to be watching Bush's impeachment trial in 2007.
Reg--
An ABC News/Washington Post Poll from last week (July 21, 2005) indicates that 65% of Americans want future Supreme Courts to uphold Roe v. Wade. A CBS News poll from July showed that 59% thought the original decision in Roe was "a good thing." A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll from June showed 65% support for Roe v. Wade. The same poll showed 79% of Americans believe abortion should be legal AT LEAST when the mother's life is in danger.
I'm not arguing morality now. I'm just suggesting you're underestimating the political inportance of abortion. People see it as a right to be determined by a woman and her doctor.
Specific to abortion, since you singled it out, I've been debating the pro's and con's since the high school debate tournament of 1988.
CBS, ABC, CNN, USA Today are what I would consider liberal, mainstream press who can't be trusted to conduct a reasonable and sensible polling of the American public. Look at the results of exit polling in the 2004 Presidential election as an example. Exit polling by a conglomerate of companies hired by the networks had Senator Kerry ahead by an extensive margin for much of the evening, until the actual results came in and showed a much different picture.
I don't trust the networks numbers, and furthermore, if it truly is the will of the people to allow abortion (without incest, rape or the life of the mother being in danger being involved), then the people should elect more liberal folks to the Congress, Senate and the White House. I guess we'll have to wait until the will of people is spoken through their ballots, because the polls have a tendency to lie like a wet rug...
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