That's racist!
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 12/13/2009 11:50:01 AM PST by yoe
One of the things that political pros often overestimate is how well known politicians are. Nancy Pelosi is one of the most visible elected politicians in the country and the first woman ever to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Rasmussen Reports recently asked voters their opinion of “Nancy Pelosi” and the responses were mixed. Forty-six percent (46%) offered a favorable opinion and 50% an unfavorable view. Just half the nation’s voters voiced a strong opinion about Pelosi—14% Very Favorable and 36% Very Unfavorable.
However, in a separate survey conducted the same night, Rasmussen Reports asked voters their opinion of “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi” and the response was more negative. When identifying Pelosi in this way, just 38% voiced a positive opinion while 58% had a negative view.
The number with strong opinions also shifted to become more negative. Just 9% had a Very Favorable opinion of “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi”, down five percentage points from the number voicing a Very Favorable opinion of “Nancy Pelosi.” The number with a Very Unfavorable view of Pelosi grew from 36% to 45% when the question reminded voters of the role she plays in the government.
The increase in strong negatives was most pronounced among voters not affiliated with either major party. Forty-two percent (42%) of unaffiliated voters voiced a Very Unfavorable opinion of “Nancy Pelosi.” That grew to 55% when a separate sample of unaffiliated voters was asked about “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”
It is significant that simply adding a title identifying her formal role can have such an impact on Pelosi’s numbers. This suggests a fairly large number of Americans have some sense of who she is, but need to be reminded.
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Pelosi is the psychotic uber-rich evil mother in law from hell.
We ought to buy billboards and hang congressional disapproval around her neck. We are talking about an electorate who elected Obama thinking Republicans controlled Congress. They simply don’t know who they are madd at.
Proving that far too many haven’t a clue who she is much less what she’s doing to help Hussein destroy America.
Ha, wonder what the numbers would be if Rasmussen asked it that way.
Exactly. Sad, isn’t it?
If she got the same media coverage that Newt Gingrich got she would be in single digits. For that matter, if Dems were covered like Reps they’d all be in the singles.
February 13, 2008 — Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 = 110th United States
October 3, 2008 — Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 = 110th United States Congress
February 17, 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act = 111th United States Congress
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Yep, Pelosi is a 3 time loser at passing legislation that is supposed to improve the economy over 3 years, but the media gives her cover
People who don’t know that Pelosi is Speaker of the House have no business voting.
Yes--and also proving why so many polls are so worthless. Kudos to Rasmussen for releasing this, though, even though it reveals yet another flimsy basis on which this pseudo-science of political polling is built.
That's racist!
There’s a third posibility, which is that the increase actually reflects a general dislike of members of congress. It’d be interesting to see the same survey with the addition of a cohort responding to “Congressmember Nancy Pelosi”.
Too true, but they are anyway.
Nancy Pelosi needs to get back on her shock treatments.
“The number with a Very Unfavorable view of Pelosi grew from 36% to 45% when the question reminded voters of the role she plays in the government.”
Makes the dorks on old “Jay Walking” clips look average.
Unfortunately, her numbers never drop where it counts: San Francisco.
I really hate to beat up on my fellow Americans, but it’s past obvious the “average American” hasn’t a clue about what’s going on in Washington and what’s happening to our precious country.
what’s so pitiful is, these people are allowed to vote, but they dont pay enough attention to politics that they don’t know she’s speaker.
How can you trust people that clueless?
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