Posted on 09/10/2014 9:15:28 AM PDT by cotton1706
The reclamation project that is the Republican Party has long been stunted by one pesky fact: People freaking hate the Republican Party.
Well, kind of.
Poll after poll shows President Obama is unpopular (54 percent disapproval in new WaPo-ABC poll) and the Democratic Party is a little more unpopular (61 percent). Neither, though, can touch the GOP, whose congressional contingent has a whopping 72 percent disapproval rating. Nearly half of Americans -- 47 percent -- say they "strongly" disapprove of the GOP.
And despite it all, the GOP appears primed to win six seats and take back the Senate -- if not more. The reason: Party approval ratings are ... well ... overrated.
Yes, the GOP's brand definitely hurts it. But when voters head to the polls, are they really thinking about the practical impact of sending another Republican to empower the other Republicans who are already in Washington?
As it turns out, not really. The same WaPo-ABC poll shows strikingly few people are scared off by the idea of a GOP-controlled Senate. While 72 percent of Americans disapprove of the GOP, just 25 percent say it would be a "bad thing" if the GOP controlled the Senate. Significantly more (32 percent) say it would be a "good thing," while half (51 percent) say it would make no difference.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
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- Hillary Rotton Clinton got 15% some years ago when Free Republic had Sidebar Poll
- Now Stealthy lefty Trolls number about 15% and more on Free Republic threads
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I do despise the Republican Party.
The author assumes I harbor this hatred because they’re not liberal. I don’t. I hate them because they do not represent the principles in action they claim to by voice He’d be
Nobody hates the GOP more than the Republican rank and file.
Aaron Blake unaware that conservatives, unlike progressives, will be honest and state that they hate the GOP.
But at the same time will never vote for the Democrats.
Hence the disconnect.
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