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GOP Poll Hit: Temporary or Long-Term?

The increased gap between the GOP's favorability rating and the Democrats' is:


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Most of us know that the GOP has taken a significantly harder beating over the government shutdown and debt ceiling crises than the Democrats have. But will this be just another blip in the polls that will disappear in a couple months, or is this part of a long-term trend?
 
when there are essentially only two parties to choose from and each has gerrymandered safe districts, it's hard for actions to have serious long term consequences. as someone who votes candidate by candidate, though, i have to admit that the latest incarnation of the Republican party is not something that i would reward with a vote. the tea party has really turned me off, and i used to be a libertarian. my guess is that many other independents are as annoyed as i am.
 
Most of us know that the GOP has taken a significantly harder beating over the government shutdown and debt ceiling crises than the Democrats have. But will this be just another blip in the polls that will disappear in a couple months, or is this part of a long-term trend?

I honestly can't believe I'm saying this but I hope its at least somewhat long term. Our party needs a wake up call and this is one of the only things I can imagine might do the trick.
 
Most of us know that the GOP has taken a significantly harder beating over the government shutdown and debt ceiling crises than the Democrats have. But will this be just another blip in the polls that will disappear in a couple months, or is this part of a long-term trend?

America has a 20-second soundbite mentality. This will be forgotten by next week, when the new crisis of the week pops up. America collectively has Odzheimer's Disease. I would not be surprised, unless the Tea Party self destructs the GOP, if the Republicans pick up house seats in the midterms.
 
It'll have a lingering effect, as it'll take some time for it to trend back up. But it'll be short term in regards to keeping it at such a low mark.
 
America has a 20-second soundbite mentality. This will be forgotten by next week, when the new crisis of the week pops up. America collectively has Odzheimer's Disease. I would not be surprised, unless the Tea Party self destructs the GOP, if the Republicans pick up house seats in the midterms.

On this I will disagree. The expiration of this deal will come early next year. And the memories will be bolstered.
 
It'll stay around for a while, probably until Obamacare is recognized for what it is. At that point, the GOP can gain some sympathy and "I told you so" points.
 
Most of us know that the GOP has taken a significantly harder beating over the government shutdown and debt ceiling crises than the Democrats have. But will this be just another blip in the polls that will disappear in a couple months, or is this part of a long-term trend?

The long-term thing will be the perception that the Republican constituency is getting narrower and narrower. The best hope of the party is that the voters they lose will decline to vote, not cross over, until the party can find a recovery strategy.
But I'm confident the Democrats will find a way to squander any advantage, that being the nature of politicians.
 
The real long term effect is likely to be the split between the Tea Party and the rest of the Republicans. Unless the Democrats split also, the Republican Party is likely to lose more elections and become less of a factor in Washington.

But, both parties will be around for a long time to come as the Congressional seats are mostly safely gerrymandered to insure that there are enough partisans in them who wouldn't vote across party lines if their party were running Beelzebub.
 
"A little of both".

Definitely won't be at the low but it will take time to regain popularity. I think this specific situation has convinced a lot of Moderates that they may see eye to eye on some of the Republican message, for example spending, but it's not a party you trust to govern a nation
 
Americans have a fleeting memory. It lasts about as long as the last news cycle. This is evidenced by those whining about the blooming debt, having forgotten already who planted the seeds.

The republicans are already taking steps to separate themselves from the whackos who hijacked their party. If, and only if, the GOP can separate themselves from the hard rightwinger's, they may lure enough moderates and independents to vote their ticket again. It may take a while but it can be done. At least, I hope it can.
 
It depends

A narrative of the teabaggers as being stubbornly radical and uncompromising has been established. If they continue to obstruct the proper functioning of govt, they will maintain this narrative and it will affect them at the polls.
 
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