Posted on 05/21/2014 10:38:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Politico has come out with a new poll, and the results in many ways are encouraging for Republicans. The population sample was from competitive House districts and competitive Senate races, so these results are particularly important in terms of winning congressional races legitimately in play in both houses of Congress.
Voters are more likely to vote for Republican candidates than Democrat candidates; those voters who strongly support one party over the other also favor Republicans; and voters who are enthusiastic about voting also favor Republicans. If this pattern in swing districts and states continues through to November, Republicans will not only capture the Senate comfortably, but also gain a significant number of House seats as well.
What ought to interest conservatives about these poll results, however, is the ideological demographics. Polling organizations all polling organizations, whatever their political predisposition show that conservatives outnumber liberals. Gallup, for example, has conducted a state-by-state poll of ideological sentiments for several years now. These polls all show that in almost every single state, there are more self-identified conservatives than liberals. Some years, in fact, Gallup reports that in every single state (no "almost") there are more conservatives than liberals.
The Battleground Poll also routinely shows that not only do conservatives outnumber liberals in America, but conservatives are the solid majority in America, greater in number than liberals, moderates, and those who did not respond to the question. Some conservatives, almost perversely, believe that the Battleground Poll, which is a bipartisan poll sponsored by George Washington University, and the Gallup Poll, which is about as establishment as a polling organization can be, are trying to lull conservatives into a false sense of confidence.
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Because the GOP ran crappy candidates!
And the GOP ran liberal republicans in 2008 and 2012
So, the conclusion should be if you want Conservatives to come out to vote en mass, you must have a conservative candidate, otherwise they stay home en mass and allow Dems to romp?
So, the conclusion should be if you want Conservatives to come out to vote en mass, you must have a conservative candidate, otherwise they stay home en mass and allow Dems to romp?
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In the long run, we’re better off with a Democratic romp than with RINOS.
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