Posted on 06/10/2011 10:17:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A congressional race with an official Tea Party candidate in the running appears to be good news for Democrats.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds that in a three-way congressional contest with a Tea Party candidate on the ballot, the Democrat picks up 40% of the vote. The Republican earns 21% support, while nearly as many (18%) favor the Tea Party candidate. Twenty-one percent (21%), however, remain undecided.
Not surprisingly, Republicans and unaffiliated voters are more likely to be undecided than Democrats. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
This is a slightly improved picture for Democrats from early February of last year. In a three-way matchup at that time, the Democrat earned 36% to the Republican’s 25%, while the Tea Party candidate won 17% of the vote.
In a two-way race, Republicans continue to hold a modest advantage over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
In the new survey, the Tea Party candidate draws 28% support from GOP voters, while 85% of Democrats back their party’s candidate. Just 45% of Republicans support the Republican candidate in the three-way matchup. Among voters not affiliated with either of the major parties, 15% like the Republican, 29% the Democrat and 25% the Tea Party candidate.
Sixteen percent (16%) of all voters now consider themselves members of the Tea Party movement, down from 21% at the end of last year. Sixty-nine percent (69%) say they are not members, while another 15% are not sure.
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The GOP is going to get demolished if it nominates another progressive RINO!
How is this good news for the dem? The republican party is not stupid enough to run someone the tea party disapproves of nor are they stupid enough to split the vote. This is just wishful thinking.
Rasmussen? Are you sure? Usually they are the reliable pollsters that show how the Republicans are truly favored.
This must be an outlier.
State-controlled media is praying for a conservative 3rd-party candidate.
Another Liberal fantasy poll. I bet a race with three Republicans, two Tea Party candidates and a Dem is even worse for the GOP. All this shows is that the Dems can get some mileage out of dirty tricks like running a fake Tea Party candidate, which the scumbags likely will try to do.
The Tea Party numbers are probably low too. It was a wave and it built up over a period of time. As we get closer to the next election more people will identify with it again. This is a lull period. Plenty of emotion in 2010 and plenty more to come in 2012.
Hun? The Republicans ARE just that stupid. And the Democrats are smart enough to use the Tea Party to screw the GOP. Just look at the recent NY election. That is the strategy the RATs will use to destroy the GOP.
Nah, they don't do that pray thing.
What they would/will/are already doing is to clandestinely sponsor a third party candidate, who will run to the RIGHT of whomever we nominate.
(Think Trump here folks.)
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Since there is no “TeA Party” — what is this?
Scotty was attacked non stop by the Obama state media and in particular the vile Daily Koz/ NY Slime push poll expert Nat Silver ( aka Slimer) so he is doing what everyone does .
They suck up to the Left !!
RE: Since there is no “TeA Party” — what is this?
I believe Rasmussen is referring to Tea Party approved candidates.
These are the ones who buck the GOP establishment and win the nomination ( e.g. Christine O’Donnel in Delaware or Sharon Angle in Nevada).
The only candidate Trump could run to the right of is Barky.
They would come in third in a three way race, and it would mark the obvious beginning of their final decline. The GOP will be a small, regional party by the end of the century, or it will have merged with the Democrat “frensh acrosh the aisle”.
He is trying to say that the Rats pick up on a three way race and then adds that 20% are undecided? This is the stupidest waste of time poll ever. There is nothing real to take from it.
“The republican party is not stupid enough to run someone the tea party disapproves of nor are they stupid enough to split the vote.”
Yes they are.
(Think Trump here folks.)
"The Donald" is not a conservative so he'd have a hard time dragging himself very far to the right of Obama. While it is true Trump the clown could run indie it would be as some sort of quasi-populist with policy positions designed to split off some of the ignorant, protectionist right of center voters ala Perot.
What happened in NY-26 was a wake up call. If they are that stupid they deserve to lose. Having said that, I really can’t see the country being fooled twice by the dems. We know a lot more about Obama now. He has a record now. The approval numbers for Obama are dismal in every category but personal likability. He will lose unless the republicans find a way to totally screw this up.
“I really can’t see the country being fooled twice by the dems.”
They have been fooling the electorate for 211 years clearly there is no reason for that to stop.
Urkel still has about a 50% approval rating even after being shown to be utterly incompetent IN EVERY AREA.
Two thirds of the voters are incredibly gullible and/or ignorant.
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