Posted on 04/24/2018 5:34:37 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Gallup poll shows a very mixed reaction by Americans to the GOP tax cut, creating another November problem for the establishment wing of the GOP. “Republicans have been increasingly more positive about their federal income taxes since [President Donald] Trump took office last year … [but] independents’ and Democrats’ views have not changed much,” Gallup reported April 16 about its survey of 1,015 adults, which was conducted early April.
That’s bad news for the GOP leadership, which is hoping that the tax benefits will spike turnout by GOP voters, help with independents and mute Democratic opposition. Without strong voter support for the tax bill, beleaguered GOP legislators will be pressured to find other issues to champion, such as President Donald Trump’s successful low-immigration/high-wage platform.
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So it’s not about the economy anymore?
It’s Gallup
Its not moving the needle because most people view the GOP as an ineffective mess who do the bidding of the Chamber of Commerce. They are more interested in explaining why they can’t move an agenda forward and scoring points with the media by criticizing Trump than actually doing something useful.
It’s not about the deed, it’s about who accomplishes it. Were Bill Clinton or Barack Obama in office, the “media” would be singing praise songs on high about this “manna from Heaven.” Like it or not, that affects how Americans think.
While that may be true, it's actually not moving due to the Dem/leftist media being completely against anything Republican. Taking less money from the Chamber of Commerce is not going to change that.
Ho hum....
Fake polls generate fake news.
Democrats and Russians seem to think such dirty tricks can influence elections.
Not moving the needle, huh.
Couple of points:
-Obamacare Tax still effects a lot of people and its cost tends to hide a couple extra sawbucks in the take home.
-As if that’s not enough, Congress making lower rates temporary, is basically taking the public hostage: “vote us out, raise the corporate rates, and you peasants will lose your cut.”
-”Next Round of Tax Cuts” - not for us. With a Trillion Dollar Ryan Deficit, any new relief will be fought over...and he with the biggest pockets..
OK, so its 3 points. As Jacko sang “chew me, Sue me”
Could it mean that most of the dems do not pay taxes to begin with??
CNBC had some crap this AM about the mortgage interest deduction not being used. They point out this will hurt a lot of the usual suspects. Of course they did not point out in the same article that TAX RATES went down.
You can keep your tax cuts if you like them - vote Republican.
If you don’t like your tax cut - vote Democrat.
Gallup's credibility as an independent polling organization ended after they lobbied for and were awarded huge no bid government contracts.
Gallup was fined 10.5 million dollars in 2012 for violating the False Claims Act and the Procurement Integrity Act.
It’s April. Tax cuts have been in effect what, 110 days?
The approval of votors will only go in 1 direction. Assuming pubbies start Trumpeting the good effects.
Yeah, assuming lol...
A “Gallup” Poll of “adults”. In April.
There is still time to energize the electorate if the Republicans want to, namely, get that infrastructure program moving asap - takes time for the benefits to accrue to the working man.
Make some tangible, lasting progress on stopping and reversing the illegal invasion.
Do those two things and it should be a hands down landslide in November.
P.S. - if the ACA was repealed as promised, it would have been smooth sailing into the mid-terms. Major mistake but hopefully not fatal.
The needle has already moved. Too late to measure movement now.
This is the media attempting to further the Democrat narrative that the tax cuts are useless.
I will say though that the GOP cannot hang their hat on this one issue.
Could be true, polls arent exactly reliable. I mean lots of folks are simply too stubborn or ignorant to believe in the benefits of the cuts. Im 100 percent sure the tax cuts positively effected far more folks than negatively effected them. But people are being brainwashed to think that somehow Trump screwed them....so he will not get much credit and therefore not translate to the GOPs ability to gain votes.
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