Fox put out 2 polls this morning, and if I could figure out how to find anything on their site I would post them. The gist was what voters thought republicans cared about more.
The first was a list of issues. The rich and big business had over 50%. Taxpayers and middle class took less than 25%. The poor only got 3%. There were a couple more issues included but I can’t remember what they were. These were the numbers that really stood out for me.
The second poll was basically the same, but focused on not cutting taxes and cutting spending. They got 65% and 35% respectively.
Apparently, republicans and conservatives have a huge problem. Romney did talk a lot about not raising taxes on the rich. He talked very little about what he would do to help the poor. And although he did talk about the middle class, his message wasn’t clear enough. And his talk on cutting spending was boiled down to firing Big Bird.
Second. The right’s message was so distored and filtered through the media that voters had no clear picture of what Romney stood for, and the message they did get was not good. Unless the right can get ahold of the media, this is going to continue and we’ll never win another election. It’s not good enough to nominate strictly conservative candidates if their message doesn’t get out or gets distorted.
Really sorry I couldn’t post exact numbers.
I don’t nbelieve it’s the media’s fault that Romney didn’t say anything that would have helped.
When pressed on how tax rates can be reduced and revenue not go down, there’s only one answer. “More people with jobs paying taxes”. Romney consistently failed to answer that question.
Same goes for the spending cuts: “We plan to reduce transfer payments by putting people to work so that they can support themselves” is a better answer than “defund Sesame Street”.
Face it: Our team dropped the ball. We ran a Big Government liberal Republican, with an image problem; they ran a liar.