Gallup: GOP holds 23 point lead over Democrats as party best able to keep US safe

American Thinker ^ | 09/12/2014 | Rick Moran

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Seven weeks to go until the mid term elections in November and there us further evidence that the Democrats are in deep trouble.

Gallup released its "Governance Poll" yesterday and it showed a whopping 23 point lead for Republicans as the party best able to keep the country safe.

Perhaps more relevant to the elections, Republicans hold a nine point lead over Democrats as the party best able to keep America prosperous. The nuimber represents almost exactly the same margin held by the GOP in the lead up to the wave election of 2010.

The Republican Party has expanded its historical edge over the Democratic Party in Americans' minds as being better able to protect the U.S. from international terrorism and military threats. At this point, 55% of Americans choose the GOP on this dimension, while 32% choose the Democratic Party. This is the widest Republican advantage in Gallup's history of asking this question since 2002.

The latest update on this 12-year trend comes from Gallup's Sept. 4-7 Governance poll, finished just days before President Barack Obama's speech to the nation Wednesday night, in which he outlined his plans for addressing the challenges presented by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other international threats.

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Also on the same poll,

Republicans Have Edge as Party Better Able to Keep Country Prosperous

In addition to the GOP advantage on matters of security, Americans also give the Republican Party an edge as the party better able to keep the country prosperous, with 49% choosing the Republicans and 40% the Democrats.

As you can see from the chart below, the party best able to keep the country prosperous has enjoyed considerable success at the polls:

[headstamp 2]

Somebody should let the GOPe in on this. They are crapping there pants with the prospect of having to run something in DC.

[Gay State Conservative]

But the Rats have a 99 point lead regarding which party is better with ObamaPhones.

[luvbach1]

Demorats also seem to excel at eeking out more votes than there are registered voters in a precinct.

[353FMG]

“....showed a whopping 23 point lead for Republicans as the party best able to keep the country safe.”

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That is merely a perception of the people surveyed.

The questions is, what will the Pubs do different from the Rats in fighting the muzzies?

Their congress critters show just as much reluctance in identifying the enemy as what it is — Islam and nothing else.

[madprof98]

In actual elections, this makes no difference at all. All that matters to voters today is the race, gender and sexual proclivities of the candidates running. Oh, and how many freebies they promise.

[reefdiver]

And remember, they count the votes.

[JimRed]

Demorats also seem to excel at eeking out more votes than there are registered voters in a precinct.

Simple cure for that- just invalidate the results from any precinct recording more votes than registrations.