Another National Survey: Shutdown Severely Damaging GOP

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

just-completed national survey from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research confirms that the voting public is fed up with just about everyone in Washington, but Republicans are clearly bearing much more of their anger and it damaging their prospects for 2014.



By a 16-point margin, 43 to 27 percent, voters blame the Republican in Congress, rather than President Obama and the Democrats, for the government shutdown.

The shutdown had left an already damaged GOP brand in tatters and the party’s electoral prospects wounded. The party now has a 2:1 unfavorable to favorable rating, 26 percent favorable vs. 52 percent unfavorable (for a net -26 rating). Among independents their rating is -35. Democrats don’t fare great either, but with a net -5 rating (39 percent favorable vs. 44 percent unfavorable), they do much better. Perhaps most important, on the generic ballot, Democrats now lead by double digits, 46 to 36 percent

http://gqrr.com/articles/2013/10/11/new-national-survey-shutdown-severely-damaging-gop/

[ZombieHorde]

1. I hope two things from this:

1) Voters remember this.
2) The votes are fairly counted.

[HERVEPA]

2. As I posted separately, don't get too excited, per nate Silver

http://www.grantland.com/fivethirtyeight/story/_/id/9802433/nate-silver-us-government-shutdown

[ZombieHorde]

3. Hmmm...gerrymanding sucks. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. That's right Nate Silver's gone back to sports reporting.

I know it's going to be tough but I still think the Democrats will gain seats. The sitting President's party picked up seats not only in 1998 but 2002. 2002 was when the GOP demagogued 9/11.