Posted on 02/16/2010 1:25:19 PM PST by OldDeckHand
Washington (CNN) – Only a third of U.S. voters think that most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected this year, according to a new national poll. That's the lowest number ever recorded for that question in a CNN survey.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, released Tuesday, indicates that only 34 percent feel that current federal lawmakers deserve re-election, with 63 percent saying no.
According to the survey, 51 percent feel their member of Congress should be re-elected - also an all-time low in CNN polling - while 44 percent say their representative doesn't deserve to be returned to office in November.
The numbers on both questions are even lower than in 1994, when an anti-incumbent fever helped Republicans win back control of both the House and the Senate from Democrats. The trend line on those questions goes back to 1991, when they were first asked.
"This is not a good year to be an incumbent, regardless of which party you belong to," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Voters seem equally angry at both Republicans and Democrats this year."
Fifty-six percent of people questioned in the survey say that most Democrats in Congress do not deserve to be re-elected. An equal amount also say that most congressional Republicans don't deserve re-election.
Is there a single Republican incumbent in trouble in the upcoming general election (not primary) ?
I guess my tagline is working!
:-)
THis tells us what...the electorate prefers to be cooked a little at a time rather than all at once?
Incumbents are destroying this country and our freedoms, stealing our money and turning private industry over to the government. The government is becoming a global entity. The elitists are making plans that place the citizens in great harm while they are being protected.
Any wonder why the citizens of the “former great” US are ticked off as hell? Heads just may roll, literally.
A few but the Dems are the ones in the most trouble.
GOOD !!
I cannot think of one incumbent of either party that we cannot do just as well without.
I can only hope McCain is in trouble for the primary.
“Bayh argued that the American people needed to deliver a “shock” to Congress by voting incumbents out in mass and replacing them with people interested in reforming the process and governing for the good of the people, rather than deep-pocketed special-interest groups.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1134
AND “Flatly denying any possibility that he'd seek the presidency or any other higher office...”
It's about as bad as it gets! I suspicion obummer was furious enough yesterday when Bayh quit - but with this statement today, the Narcissist in Chief must be having spasms.
"They hate these cans!"
Seems that Hope & Change ain’t selling like it used to.
Like the saying goes.
First they ignored us.
Then they mocked us.
Then they fought us.
Then we won.. VA NJ and MA.
pffft..YOU THINK?!! Kick them ALL OUT all the RINOS and wimpy pubs....KICK THEM THE HELL OUT!!!
I believe are a few we should keep, who are not RINOS, who have voted consistently conservative, and who have been outspoken.
There’s not a lot, maybe half dozen (?) but they’ve worked hard to try to be the voice of conservatism against the RINOs as well as Dems.
Just because we haven’t heard them doesn’t mean they haven’t been hollering - the MSM just doesn’t pick it up.
According to the survey, 51 percent feel their member of Congress should be re-elected -
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