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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPollster: 'Republican brand is essentially in the TOILET these days' and more Americans
will prefer Democrats in 2016.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2016: REPUBLICANS FACE TROUBLES
No single GOP presidential hopeful captured 20 per cent of Republicans' support
Marco Rubio won 19 percent, followed by Paul Ryan's 17 percent and Rand Paul's 15 per cent
Chris Christie, thought to be the GOP's golden boy, took fourth place with 14 percent
Silver lining: Republicans' only strong issue is on the economic issues voters say are most important
59 percent of Republicans said they would rather the 2016 nominee be a governor, not a senator
President Obama has a 50 percent approval rating, down just three points since his post-election high
43 percent of registered voters said they would vote for a Democrat for Congress
Just 35 percent chose a generic Republican congressional candidate
Democrats in Congress rated 34 percent approval, compared with 19 per cent for congressional Republicans
69 percent of voters said they were 'very dissatisfied' or 'somewhat dissatisfied' with the direction of the country
52 percent said they had a negative image of the Republican Party, compared to 43 per cent who said the same about the Democratic Party
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303458/Pollster-Republican-brand-essentially-toilet-days-Americans-prefer-Democrats-2016.html
Scuba
(53,475 posts)The hyper-conservative tea party fared worst of all, with just 24 per cent approval.
Hillary Clinton, the former first lady and Secretary of State, enjoys greater public support than Rubio, but the Florida senator tops Vice President Joe Biden and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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The Quinnipiac poll sampled 1,711 registered voters overall, with a margin of error of 2.4percentage points. The sample included 712 Republicans, with a 3.7 percentage-point margin of error in that group.
mercymechap
(579 posts)it couldn't hurt the country, actually, it might be better for the country.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)The country sees the Republicans as worse than the Democrats by a small margin!
Democrats in Congress rated 34 percent approval, compared with 19 per cent for congressional Republicans
69 percent of voters said they were 'very dissatisfied' or 'somewhat dissatisfied' with the direction of the country
52 percent said they had a negative image of the Republican Party, compared to 43 per cent who said the same about the Democratic Party
The OP states: "the Republican brand is essentially in the TOILET these days",
but the numbers indicate that the Democratic Party is barely hanging on the rim with its feet in the Stinky Water.
...and people wonder WHY we have such a poor turn out for elections!
Instead of Capitalizing on the plight of the Republican Party by differentiating itself from the clowns and following the Majority of the People by moving HARD to the Populist LEFT on Economic Issues, The Democratic Party leadership seems determined to follow them down the drain by moving to the Conservative Right,
a strategy called triangulation that has resulted in moving the Democratic Party FAR to the Conservative RIGHT of 30 years ago.
Houston, WE have a BIG problem.
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their promises.
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