Posted on 09/18/2012 2:37:47 PM PDT by dynachrome
Do you agree with Mitt Romney's assessment that 47 percent of Americans see themselves as victims?
Yes
No
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Ha! we’re winning, and this is an LA agency.
Done; Yes - 70.93% No - 29.06%
Yes 312 Votes, or 71.07 %
No 127 Votes, or 28.92 %
Yes
324 Votes, or 71.68 %
No
128 Votes, or 28.31 %
70% says they are victims (~310 votes)
Probably more predictive than not.
Nice wording on the poll.. NOT
“Do you agree with Mitt Romney’s assessment that 47 percent of Americans see themselves as victims?”
not that they would be trying to influence the poll or anything...
Do you agree with Mitt Romney’s assessment that 47 percent of Americans see themselves as victims?
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Total Votes = 455
Yes
327 Votes, or 71.86 %
No
128 Votes, or 28.13 %
I don’t think that is quite what Mitt said.
The ayes have it. The nays spent all their Obama bucks on booze, pot and cigarettes and forgot to pay the internet bill.
Total Votes = 470
Yes 342 Votes, or 72.76 %
No 128 Votes, or 27.23 %
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Hope the media was wearing brown shoes cause they really stepped in it
Then it'd be a lot more than 47%. Every Freeper would have to count ourselves as a victim of Obama's disastrous economic, fiscal, foreign, education and energy policies.
75.71% YES!
The news media is the 25%. Hahahaaa!
bttt
FReeped!
I just walked in on CNN in our break room and they’ve got a bunch of charts up breaking down who pays taxes and who’s on government assistance. They’re trying to spin, of course, but it’s up there for all to see... they’re showing how nearly half of the country either doesn’t have a dog in the fight (don’t pay income tax) or depend on government (receive assistance) or both.
Yes 77.98
Done! We’re still winning. The truth hurts .
When you take all the people on Welfare:
When you take all the people on Food Stamps;
When you take all the people on Unemployment;
When you take all the people on Medicare (which they helped pay for);
When you take all the people on Social Security (which they helped pay for);
When you take all the people on Medicade (which they did NOT help pay for);
When you take all the people on Disability:
When you take all the people on subsidised Rent Programs:
I am astounded that they all only add up to 47%
Only an Idiot would not agree with Romney !!
Yes - 78.77%
I believe the press will be trying to bury this story soon.
FReeped!
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Freeped!
voted!
Gee whiz! All that website is as ads, pop-up ads, ads at the bottom of the screen, ads on both sides, ads along the top so that all you see are ads, and, oh yeah, let’s throw an article or two and a poll in the middle. By the way, did you see our ads?
79.45%!!
Awesome!
Yes - 81.69%
Disagree. The percentage is far higher than that and spans all classes. Most people now get their money from a big pile debt, mostly, and the various socialist factions are fighting over the debt/revenues in politics, media, etc. That’s why Republicans have gone so far to the left, trying, along with Democrats, to entice the same pool of socialist voters (government teachers, government pensioners, regulators, welfare recipients, environmentalist employees, social workers, all).
83.35% !!! (Probably not the result an LA paper was expecting).
Yes
Yes
529 Votes, or 78.72 %
No
143 Votes, or 21.27 %
This is a bit dishonest. I voted yes, but I don’t agree with him. As a retired, social security and military pension receiver, I’m nearly 100% supported by the government (forget that I’ve paid into it). Romney surely has at least half of that 47% voting for him, and he needn’t and shouldn’t write them off. Just because they’re not working or paying the old big taxes doesn’t mean their minds have been pickled.
The way things ought to be
I think Romney’s combining moochers, which you are obviously not, and people who see themselves as victims (91% of blacks and Latinos). Remember, he was talking about The Won’s supporter’s. Since you don’t support him, you aren’t included in the criticism :)
When did you vote? I posted my results before you did and had 83.XX% Yes. Now, I see 84.20 Yes (837 Yes, 157 no)
Nearly 85% YES!
> ...I’m nearly 100% supported by the government (forget that I’ve paid into it).
Since you’ve paid into it, you are partially supporting yourself.
Yes
930 Votes, or 84.77 %
No
167 Votes, or 15.22 %
Yes 84.78%, no 15.21%!
85% say yes, Romney is right!
I voted yes also but I think he used to wide a brush to paint all of the 47% as thinking they are victims. But this was said at a fund raiser and was off the cuff. It may offend some people to be labeled and written off but I am glad he did not apologize. He did a good job at the press conference and can clarify the comments later while campaigning.
85.58% yes
FUBO!!!!!
Right on FReepers!!
Usually the polls on this RAG run about 200-250, it’s currently over 1200!! AND, in our favor. Romney needs to see this, we are his BASE.
And, he needs to STFU - NO apologies!!
Yes 85.66 %
No 14.33 %
Buck Ofama
No - 182 Votes, or 14.16 %
Total Votes = 1302
Yes
1120 Votes, or 86.02%
No
182 Votes, or 13.97%
Tuesday’s Poll
Do you agree with Mitt Romney’s assessment that 47 percent of Americans see themselves as victims?
Total Votes = 1359
Yes
1171 Votes, or 86.16 %
No
188 Votes, or 13.83 %
Bump.
Until someone decides what the 47% is, how do you know how to vote.
Does it mean getting a check, or not owing taxes?
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