"Throw the rascals out!" say voters
Posted by on Sunday, March 7, 2010
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Americans Turn Against Congress,
Want Incumbents Tossed Out
A CBS News-New York Times poll taken Feb. 3-9 indicates deep discontent with the statist quo:
* Only 8 percent of Americans want the current members of Congress re-elected.
* Fully 80 percent said members of Congress are more interested in serving special interests than the people they represent.
* 75 percent disapproved of the job Congress is doing.
* Congress's job approval rating was 15 (out of a possible 100).
Poll: Most Americans Are Unhappy with the Federal Government
Fully two-thirds of Americans are "dissatisfied" or "angry" with the federal government.
That's one of the findings of a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, reported February 11.
This is the highest level of public unhappiness the poll has found
since March 1996.
Dissatisfaction with both the Democratic and Republican parties is also at near-record highs.
Further, Americans feel a majority of the tax money seized from them is "wasted," the poll finds. The average amount considered "wasted" was 53 cents out of every tax dollar. (Which sounds like a seriously low estimate to us.)
The most visible public opposition to Republicrat and Demopublican business-as-usual in the past year has been the Tea Party movement. How do citizens feel about that movement?
While nearly two-thirds of those polled say they don't know much about the movement, they nonetheless find it appealing.
The Washington Post says: "About 45 percent of all Americans say they agree at least somewhat with tea partiers on issues, including majorities of Republicans and independents ... Overall opinion is about evenly split, with 35 percent of all Americans holding favorable views of the movement and 40 percent unfavorable ones. A quarter expressed no opinion. Nearly six in 10 Democrats have unfavorable views, while independents are split, 39 percent positive and 40 percent negative."
Republicans are divided on the Tea Party movement: "Two-thirds of those calling themselves "strong Republicans" view the movement favorably, compared with 33 percent among "not very strong Republicans.""
Adds the Washington Post: "Among those who identify themselves as conservatives, those who are angry about the federal government and those who say they know at least a good amount about the tea party, about two-thirds said they agree with the movement."
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A CBS News-New York Times poll taken Feb. 3-9 indicates deep discontent with the statist quo:
* Only 8 percent of Americans want the current members of Congress re-elected.
* Fully 80 percent said members of Congress are more interested in serving special interests than the people they represent.
* 75 percent disapproved of the job Congress is doing.
* Congress's job approval rating was 15 (out of a possible 100).
Poll: Most Americans Are Unhappy with the Federal Government
Fully two-thirds of Americans are "dissatisfied" or "angry" with the federal government.
That's one of the findings of a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, reported February 11.
This is the highest level of public unhappiness the poll has found
since March 1996. Dissatisfaction with both the Democratic and Republican parties is also at near-record highs.
Further, Americans feel a majority of the tax money seized from them is "wasted," the poll finds. The average amount considered "wasted" was 53 cents out of every tax dollar. (Which sounds like a seriously low estimate to us.)
The most visible public opposition to Republicrat and Demopublican business-as-usual in the past year has been the Tea Party movement. How do citizens feel about that movement?
While nearly two-thirds of those polled say they don't know much about the movement, they nonetheless find it appealing.
The Washington Post says: "About 45 percent of all Americans say they agree at least somewhat with tea partiers on issues, including majorities of Republicans and independents ... Overall opinion is about evenly split, with 35 percent of all Americans holding favorable views of the movement and 40 percent unfavorable ones. A quarter expressed no opinion. Nearly six in 10 Democrats have unfavorable views, while independents are split, 39 percent positive and 40 percent negative."
Republicans are divided on the Tea Party movement: "Two-thirds of those calling themselves "strong Republicans" view the movement favorably, compared with 33 percent among "not very strong Republicans.""
Adds the Washington Post: "Among those who identify themselves as conservatives, those who are angry about the federal government and those who say they know at least a good amount about the tea party, about two-thirds said they agree with the movement."
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