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Democratic Party Image Drops to Record Low

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Americans' favorable rating of the Democratic Party dropped to 41% in a late March USA Today/Gallup poll, the lowest point in the 18-year history of this measure. Favorable impressions of the Republican Party are now at 42%, thus closing the gap between the two parties' images that has prevailed for the past four years.
Democratic Party Image Drops to Record Low
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So far, however, the bitter battle over the health-care law appears to have weakened the standing of the Democrats, at least according to a recent CBS poll. The party was already faring poorly in the polls because of the weak economy and a high unemployment rate.
Gallup poll put Democratic Party at 18-year low - MarketWatch 's Election Blog - MarketWatch

Huh - people don't like having major legislation rammed down their throats. Who would have thunk it? The Dems still have a way to go before they're in the Historic Repub range, but they're well below their previous low and are now tied with a party that had hit rock bottom just a few months ago.

With all the broken promises and politics-as-usual, independents aren't seeing the type of change they had envisioned:

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Poll: Angriest electorate in decades - Josh Kraushaar - POLITICO.com
The upcoming midterm elections will feature the angriest electorate in at least two decades, according to a new Gallup Poll, an ominous sign for the Democratic Party as it attempts to retain control of Congress.

The poll shows that only 49 percent of voters would vote to reelect their own member of Congress, with 40 percent saying they don’t deserve to be reelected. Those are the worst numbers for incumbents in the 18 years that Gallup has asked that question including the period prior to the historic 1994 Republican sweep, and the 2006 midterms when Democrats regained control of Congress.

A whopping 65 percent of respondents also said that most members of Congress, in general, don’t deserve to be reelected — by far the highest number in the last 18 years.

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There are several months until the election, but this is very bad news for Democrats.
 
The dems are so screwed........ :mrgreen:

Oh man our majority is going to drop from 59 to 53/54 in the Senate. Totally screwed.
 
Oh man our majority is going to drop from 59 to 53/54 in the Senate. Totally screwed.

Wait until 2012 though :mrgreen: This just shows that America is unhappy with a Dem majority and it's going to end at the next chance it gets. Who knows, maybe the Dems will lose more in the Senate our House than expected. As it seems most of the important recent races have been won by Republicans in very liberal states (MA electing Brown, NJ electing Christie, and so on).
 
Wait until 2012 though :mrgreen: This just shows that America is unhappy with a Dem majority and it's going to end at the next chance it gets. Who knows, maybe the Dems will lose more in the Senate our House than expected. As it seems most of the important recent races have been won by Republicans in very liberal states (MA electing Brown, NJ electing Christie, and so on).

2012? When the economy should be in good shape? I would not get too confident about 2012.
 
2012? When the economy should be in good shape? I would not get too confident about 2012.

The way Obama and the dems ignore the economy for health care and cap and tax it will still be a recession in 2012
 
Just because people don't like Democrats doesn't mean people like Republicans.

If I were a major third party, I'd do EVERYTHING I could to get some air time on tv, youtube, and news outlets to provide alternatives to the Dems and GOP. This is probably the best time since the Civil War or the Bull Moose Party for a new political party to emerge and make a force of itself. The only way this can happen, though, is if they become vocal enough to get heard in today's politically charged climate before things calm down enough.
 
I'm still working on the details, but I'm pretty sure it's nothing that anybody's seen in American politics.

Ever.
 
Just because people don't like Democrats doesn't mean people like Republicans.

If I were a major third party, I'd do EVERYTHING I could to get some air time on tv, youtube, and news outlets to provide alternatives to the Dems and GOP. This is probably the best time since the Civil War or the Bull Moose Party for a new political party to emerge and make a force of itself. The only way this can happen, though, is if they become vocal enough to get heard in today's politically charged climate before things calm down enough.

IF the coffee party fielded a candidate that was more independent I would strongly consider activism to help them become popular.
 
IT looks like a sweep for the mid term election; because of the aparant lack of
accountability to the electorate.
 
Wait until 2012 though :mrgreen: This just shows that America is unhappy with a Dem majority and it's going to end at the next chance it gets. Who knows, maybe the Dems will lose more in the Senate our House than expected. As it seems most of the important recent races have been won by Republicans in very liberal states (MA electing Brown, NJ electing Christie, and so on).

State socialist arent much better than National Socialists.

You haven't by chance noticed the increase in oil prices lately? Think they will drop soon?

Its called the season of summer with a combination of devaluation of the dollar.
 
State socialist arent much better than National Socialists.



Its called the season of summer with a combination of devaluation of the dollar.

Its called OPEC doing whatever the hell it wants when demand is high
 
IT looks like a sweep for the mid term election; because of the aparant lack of
accountability to the electorate.

polls show maybe 5 seats going to the GOP

(in the Senate anyway)
 
polls show maybe 5 seats going to the GOP

(in the Senate anyway)
Media Matters, CNN, and NBC polls always swing Democrat, real polls show an ass whipping for dems in November, thanks for playing.
 
Media Matters, CNN, and NBC polls always swing Democrat, real polls show an ass whipping for dems in November, thanks for playing.

Remember when Obama had no chance of beating Hillary in the primaries?:cool:
 
polls show maybe 5 seats going to the GOP

(in the Senate anyway)

Right now, Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right) has 7 seats with a greater than 50% chance of switching parties, all of them now held by Democrats.

However, since then, polling for Kirk in Illinois has improved. Also, much depends on who runs; if Tommy Thomson in Wisconsin, Dino Rossi in Washington, and Tom Campbell in California run, then those seats are also in play.

Nate also had this Twitter post yesterday: "It's time to acknowledge that the Democrats COULD lose 60 or 70 House seats. Not super likely, but eminently possible."
 
Guess my info is outdated. It's amazing how short American memory has become. The GOP promises reduced spending and smaller government every election and has never once delivered on that. Here we go again!
 
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