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Just 63% Know Which Parties Control the House and Senate
Rasmussen Reports ^ | September 9-10, 2014

Posted on 09/13/2014 1:10:57 PM PDT by george76

Over one-third of Likely U.S. Voters remain unaware which political party controls the House of Representatives and which has a majority in the Senate - less than two months before an election that may put one party in charge of both.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 63% are aware that Republicans have majority control of the House. An identical number (63%) know that Democrats run the Senate.

Twenty percent (20%) mistakenly believe Democrats control the House, while 17% are not sure. Similarly, 18% think the GOP is in charge in the Senate, but 19% are not sure

(Excerpt) Read more at m.rasmussenreports.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnn; liv; livs; lowinformation; msnbc
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1 posted on 09/13/2014 1:10:57 PM PDT by george76
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LIVs have been the death of the Republic


2 posted on 09/13/2014 1:12:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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And the other 37% vote democrat


3 posted on 09/13/2014 1:13:20 PM PDT by Edgar3 (Libnorance is a mental disease, and it's getting Progressively worse!)
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To: george76

Po-TAY-toe, Po-TAH-toe.


4 posted on 09/13/2014 1:14:49 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: george76

Surprised it was that high....


5 posted on 09/13/2014 1:15:33 PM PDT by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: george76

When the stupid class consists of immigrants, legal and illegal, and the public schooled, 63% seems a little on the high side.


6 posted on 09/13/2014 1:15:44 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Edgar3

That’s real close to Obama’s current approval. Sharpton may not have been confused when he seemed to say Republicans control the Senate; a little pre-election misdirection/ misinformation ?


7 posted on 09/13/2014 1:16:25 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: george76
Similarly, 18% think the GOP is in charge in the Senate, but 19% are not sure . . . and 3% still want to be a fire truck.
8 posted on 09/13/2014 1:19:03 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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"Republicans are more aware than Democrats and unaffiliated voters,"

'Rats are low information.

9 posted on 09/13/2014 1:19:17 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Americans are too uninformed for self-government; Franklin feared they might be, but Jefferson was hopeful. Washington would impose a civics test for voting if he were around.


10 posted on 09/13/2014 1:19:36 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

That civics test is a very good idea. I’ve thought of it many times when I read about stupid people that vote. It needs to be across the board for everyone simply because we can’t target just Democrats, and women.


11 posted on 09/13/2014 1:25:15 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: george76

It’s impossible to vote the bastards out when the majority of voters don’t even know who the bastards are.


12 posted on 09/13/2014 1:28:48 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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Part of the confusion may be that although John Boehner ‘controls’ congress, much of the time, he doesn’t act or sound like a leader. Boehner is one who reacts, after the fact, to other peoples’ decisions. Nancy Pelosi, is the minority leader, but still makes declarative statements, expresses her full-on, unapologecticaly partisan opinions, and makes her position on anything quite clear.

The average voter is not a news hound like us, and may mistake Nancy’s boldness as a settled matter from a leader of congress. When Boenher wants to, he can come on strong and direct, he has the deep resonant voice and knows how to deliver a weighty line. However, Boehner follows that up with more Lap-Dogging, RINO behavior, canceling out any faith in his leadership ability once again.


13 posted on 09/13/2014 1:34:36 PM PDT by lee martell
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There was a very good reason that universal suffrage WAS NOT part of the original plan.


14 posted on 09/13/2014 1:36:50 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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I wonder what percentage knows that BamBam is a Rat.


15 posted on 09/13/2014 1:45:39 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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Betcha they don’t know there are three branches of government, term lengths, responsibilities, limitations, number of members, or who their elected congresscritters are.


16 posted on 09/13/2014 1:52:37 PM PDT by lurk
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To: george76

I suspect this 63 percent is a little high; I think it is more like 45 percent.


17 posted on 09/13/2014 1:55:32 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: coloradan
It’s impossible to vote the bastards out when the majority of voters don’t even know who the bastards are.

You nailed it though most CO voters could not do so.

18 posted on 09/13/2014 1:57:03 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: george76

That’s public education for you, or the MSM or British Rail.


19 posted on 09/13/2014 2:00:05 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Yet, they could ALL tell you who got kicked off The Survivor Island.


20 posted on 09/13/2014 2:03:15 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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