[The Journal survey shows that Democrats are viewed positively by 36 percent of those surveyed — actually higher than the 30 percent who had a favorable view of Republicans.]
The liberal media seems incapable of understanding what this poll finding means. This is not a positive for Democrats. The Democrats get a favorable opinion from their base, all of it. The Republicans are not getting a favorable view from a lot of the conservatives in their base but these voters are still going to show up in droves and pull the lever for the R candidates. The 34% who view both parties negatively are going to break about 80-20 to the Republicans, IMO.
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This finding just proves that a large portion of the voters reject the big government ways of both parties and dislike both political parties.
Republicans are not getting a favorable view from a lot of the conservatives in their baseBingo! You are right. Many of my friends are long-time GOP voters who have been sorely disappointed by the GOP establishment. They are also ready to vote in droves for conservative candidates (they may happen to be GOP). So I can see where 40% of the GOP voters answer that they do not have a favorable opinion of the GOP and still be jazzed about voting out a lib and replacing with a conservative. This, coupled with virtually all Dems saying they do not like the GOP, and you wind up at 30%. But it is not to be used to forecast any less of a pounding in a couple months.