Posted on 08/09/2011 6:10:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Nearly three out of five Americans have an unfavorable view of Republicans, an all-time high, and two in five do not want their own member of Congress reelected, according to a poll out Tuesday.
Overall, 70 percent of respondents to a CNN/ORC International survey said most US lawmakers should not get a new term, while just 41 percent said their own representative deserved to go back to Washington.
President Barack Obama's Republican foes won unfavorable reviews from 59 percent, an all-time high since CNN first asked the question in 1992, making the aftermath of the debt-limit battle worse for the party than president Bill Clinton's 1998-1999 impeachment hearings in his sex-and-lies scandal.
Respondents split when asked about the Democratic Party -- 47 percent said they had a favorable opinion and the same number said they viewed them unfavorably.
The arch-conservative "Tea Party" movement scored the lowest favorable rating, with 31 percent, though at 51 percent their unfavorable numbers were lower than the Republicans.
Congressional leaders fared poorly as well, with just 33 percent favorable ratings for Republican House Speaker John Boehner and 31 percent for House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Both parties' Senate leaders, Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid, got a 39 percent unfavorable rating.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
As with the dissatisfaction with GWB, a very sizable portion of the people who poll as disapproving of Republicans are Conservatives, many of whom are themselves registered Republicans. It’s as if CNN hasn’t heard of the epithet “RINO” and they don’t want to acknowledge just how big, counting sympathizers, the Tea Party really is. People are pissed off at the political class in general and if they polled attitudes regarding Democrats I expect the numbers would be even worse.
Thanks for the link FRiend!
LOL, the republicans have screamed wolf one time too many, they no longer have any creditability.
Poll of “Adult Americans” zzz.
Exactly...;.HORSEBUCKY!
LOL!
BINGO! Very few Republicans I like.
arch Conservative Tea Party - please!
What is the arch liberal wing of the left called? - DNC
No record of how the Dems are viewed? Typical Yahoo libtard BS. =.=
Thanks NormsRevenge.
The big news, support for reelecting anyone has slipped — which is the real message of this botched polling.
[Zero]'s Republican foes won unfavorable reviews from 59 percent, an all-time high since CNN first asked the question in 1992, making the aftermath of the debt-limit battle worse for the party than president Bill Clinton's 1998-1999 impeachment hearings in his sex-and-lies scandal.
Term limits for all! No matter who gets elected be it Dem or Repub., when they get to Washington, the are only “Freshmen” and have zero power. They either get on board with the career politicians or they get sent to a closet somewhere in the basement, never to be heard of again.
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