Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Ben Domenech ·
January 30, 2012 at 9:24pm
This has to be considered a sign of how damaging the Republican Presidential Primary and the difficult fights over the debt ceiling, the budget, and other matters have plagued the GOP over the past year. From Rasmussen:
For the first time in roughly two-and-a-half years, Democrats lead Republicans on the Generic Congressional Ballot, this time for the week ending Sunday, Jan. 29.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 41% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Democrat in their district’s congressional race if the election were held today, while 40% would choose the Republican instead.
For sake of comparison, a year ago this month, Republicans had an 11 point margin in their favor in the same poll.
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May '10
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
They haven't earned the nickname "The Stupid Party" for nothing. It takes real genius to lose the election months out to the worst president in a generation (if not ever) by the Circular Firing Squad™.
Sheesh!
Dec '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Precisely what I was saying the other day: the petty squabbling and ugly tactics on display during the current primary fight is bound to turn many voters away from the GOP entirely.
Dec '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Original source of my bad blood with Romney from 2008.
Aug '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Heck of a job, GOP!
Apr '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Voters still think there is some painless solution out there, if we could all just get along and "pass something."
Edited on January 30, 2012 at 9:37pmRe: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Clearly, this is a signal that Boehner and McConnell need to reach across the aisle and compromise more. After all, if we offer a genuine alternative, the independents will jump ship. Not to worry though, Mitt Romney will hold their feet to the fire. Where's the bar?
May '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
wmartin: Voters still think there is some painless solution out there, if we could all just get along and "pass something." · 5 minutes ago
Edited 4 minutes ago
This may be a variation on that theme. Something along the lines of, "We keep hearing about "bad" Republicans fighting about something or other. I guess I'd rather have Democrats running things. At least I don't hear anything about them."
Jun '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Before we all go slit our wrists, let's remember we've been here before.
It's not time to panic . . . yet. But it is high time for both candidates to start acting like adults. If we wanted to sit at the kids' table we'd all be Dems.
Jul '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
How about the effect of the hopey/changey feel good speech the idiot made a week ago. Time to begin attacking Obama on the content of his character and not let the media tell us we are judging him for other reasons.
Jun '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Colin B Lane: Before we all go slit our wrists, let's remember we've been here before.
It's not time to panic . . . yet. But it is high time for both candidates to start acting like adults. If we wanted to sit at the kids' table we'd all be Dems. · 27 minutes ago
PS, Before katievs rebukes me for implying that there are only two candidates in the race, let me say that I don't think Sen. Santorum needs any admonition to start acting like a grown up. He's the only one in the GOP race at the moment (Ron Paul having relegated himself to the kids' table due to his childish views of how to deal with terror sponsoring nations).
Apr '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Michelle Malkin has an endorsement for Santorum. Regardless who you support, it's worth a look.
Jul '10
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
I've got torches, pitchforks, hot tar, and chicken feathers. Just sayin'.
Jul '11
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Sisyphus
I've got torches, pitchforks, hot tar, and chicken feathers. Just sayin'. · 24 minutes ago
Keep the tar hot, we may need a lot.
Jan '12
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
I don't pay much attention to generic polls, particularly within the margin of error. Especially over Congressional districts, the cited poll is meaningless.
Apr '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
It's not surprising to me given all of the GOP bashing, both internally and externally, that has gone on since the wave election in Nov. 2010.
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Ben, none of this matters. We are in the midst of an ugly primary battle. That will pass -- and Americans will ask, "Am I better off than I was four years ago."
Dec '10
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Here in Florida, the GOP has effectively redrawn Allen West's District to include substantially more registered Democrats. They are playing poor-mouth, that they had to do this because the Voting Rights Act forced their hands.
Hmmm, let's see. FL got TWO more congressional districts after the census, but they couldn't be carved out of the territory of terrible people, such as the current chair of the DNC, by a FL House and Senate that are GOP controlled. Nope. The only way to make it work was to ADD substantially more democratic voters to Allen West's district. Not carved out, to make room for 2 more districts, mind you, but they actually shoved more democrats into his district.
It's not the campaign that is turning off voters, it's the people the GOP is empowering. From a FL perspective, it's the fact that the GOP backs people like Crist in the face of the voters backing Rubios.
We're tired of people that get sea sick at the sight of hard-fought ripples telling us to not rock the boat, when there is a tsunami of consequence roaring in.
Mar '11
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Some among us are asking what exactly the 112th Congress we brought to power in 2010 has done to restrain federal spending and are more than displeased with the results or lack thereof.
Oct '10
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
People on Ricochet are upset because they know that Obama has the wrong principles.
But they forget that the vast majority of people vote based on consequences.
At some point this year, Obama will be left holding the bag when a second recession hits, much harder than the first one. At that point, lots of people who find Newt too creepy and Romney too rich will realize that Obama is just too dangerous.
Win by the economic crisis, die by the economic crisis.
May '10
Re: Democrats Surpass Republicans on Generic Congressional Ballot
Your mouth to God's ears.