GOP Disproval Is Highest Ever

I do not see anything here to be surprised at. No one likes republicans. I don't like republicans.

I'm hoping this shows Repulicans that they are using the wrong tactics. You need to have a positive direction and outlook. "Taking the country back" just doesn't cut it. Republicans need to tell us how they will take the country forward. It'll take more than just beating the other guy. The Democrats showed us that. They won but nothing changed and the deterioration continued.

neptunechimney wrote: I do not see anything here to be surprised at. No one likes republicans. I don't like republicans.

Since you ignored mentioning the Tea Party numbers, I'll ask, "What about the Tea Party numbers?"

The Tea Party itself actually has a lower disapproval rating at 51%

chickaree wrote: I'm hoping this shows Repulicans that they are using the wrong tactics. You need to have a positive direction and outlook. "Taking the country back" just doesn't cut it. Republicans need to tell us how they will take the country forward. It'll take more than just beating the other guy. The Democrats showed us that. They won but nothing changed and the deterioration continued.

Nice words but in the current political climate, the more vague you are about what you intend the do the better. Obama won on little more than "Hope & Change"
When you start to get specific, people either get bored or it gives your opponents something to attack. The Dems under Pelosi didn't even bother to create a budget because they know it would piss off someone.

So slash and burn attacks will continue on the other candidates.

Media polls are entertainment for the feeble minded. Look at elections, not popularity contests.

16% of those surveyed had never heard of Speaker Boehner, 27% had never heard of Senate Minority Leader McConnell and 21% of them have never heard of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. That's certainly one of the most political savvy samplings I've ever seen, how about you Wayne? Calls into question whether 16% - 27%, perhaps even more, of those responding to the poll even know who their representatives are if they don't know who the primary leadership figures in the Congress are, doesn't it? Guess we'll never know which districts the responders belonged as that information doesn't seem to be part of the poll, nor does the responders' ability to correctly identify their own representative prior to giving an opinion on whether or not the representatives of their district should be reelected. I would think that an important piece of information to have if I was asking that question, but apparently no one at CNN or ORC does.

So, if you can't identify your own representative (I can't. I've never seen them up here or heard from them) you can't have an opinion as to whether you approve or disapprove of a political party?

Nice spin.

WayneH wrote: So, if you can't identify your own representative (I can't. I've never seen them up here or heard from them) you can't have an opinion as to whether you approve or disapprove of a political party?

Nice spin.

Actually PS makes some sense. The poll participants who don't know their own rep aren't likely to be voting.

W,
So you vote for a congressman you have never heard of? Interesting.

I know who my Rep. is.

WayneH wrote: So, if you can't identify your own representative (I can't. I've never seen them up here or heard from them) you can't have an opinion as to whether you approve or disapprove of a political party?

Nice spin.

There is so much information missing from the poll that it is hard to take it seriously. No information on party affiliation of the respondents, no information about which districts were polled. Looking at the numbers it would appear that all of the respondents were located in the "South" and that not a single one of them classified themselves as "liberal". Either the liberals have been lying to us all along as to their representation among the population as a whole or they are lying to the pollsters about their ideology. If the poll is reporting that not even 1 in 1000 people in the nation are liberal, how can you take the poll seriously on any of the other results? CNN couldn't find one liberal to respond to their poll? Seriously?

Since Polls, are based on how the questions are asked, whom are asked the questions, and how that person is FEELING that minute! I’ll stick with an average of all the polls… at Real Clear Politics… (if I look at them at all)

President Obama Job Approval RCP Average
Approve - 43.7
Disapprove - 50.4
Spread - -6.7
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

Congressional Job Approval RCP Average
Approve - 18.5
Disapprove - 75.3
Spread - -56.8
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html

Generic Congressional Vote RCP Average
Republicans - 44.0
Democrats - 43.0
Republicans - +1.0
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/generic_congressional_vote-2170.html

Direction of Country RCP Average
Right Direction - 20.3
Wrong Track - 72.5
Spread - -52.2
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html

'Nuff Said!