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By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 12) -- A new poll on voter sentiment from NBC and The Wall Street Journal describes an angry, disillusioned electorate. Favorability ratings are low for both parties and even for President Barack Obama, who has a 47 percent approval rating and 48 percent disapproval. Here's what the poll reports and what it means. What Poll Reports: NBC's Mark Murray finds "that less than half the country approves of President Obama's job; that the percentage believing the current Congress is either below average or among the worst is at an all-time high; that the number viewing the Republican Party ...
Anti-Congress Fever Shows No Sign of Abating
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyCongress has still not been able to shake the low regard in which it is held by large numbers of Americans as the elections get closer, and both parties are sharing the blame, according to several new polls. Here are some of the findings in the latest surveys: Approval Rating for Congress - A CBS News survey conducted May 20-24 found 77 percent of Americans disapproving of the way Congress is doing its job compared to just 15 percent who approve, with 8 percent undecided. - A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted May 18-19 put disapproval of Congress at 65 percent with 22 percent ...
Conservatives Enjoy Big 'Enthusiasm' Advantage in This Year's Elections
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyConservatives are far more enthusiastic about voting in these year's congressional elections than either moderates or liberals and the gap gets larger when those who say they are "very conservative" is measured, according to a Gallup poll of registered voters conducted May 1-16. Forty-five percent of conservatives say they are very enthusiastic about voting compared to 22 percent of moderates and 26 percent of liberals. Sixty-two percent who say they are very conservative (10 percent of the sample) are also very enthusiastic compared to 44 percent who say they are very liberal (4 percent of ...
'Enthusiasm Gap' Between Republicans and Democrats Shrinks
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe "enthusiasm gap" between Republicans and Democrats has narrowed heading into this year's congressional elections, although Republicans continue to have the advantage, according to a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted May 4-5. Thirty-four percent of Republicans say they are "extremely interested" in this year's midterms compared to 24 percent of Democrats. That margin is smaller than it was in April, when the Republican lead was 42 percent to 20 percent. A Gallup poll conducted April 26-May 2 had also showed the gap shrinking with the Republican advantage over the Democrats among ...
DNC's Targeting of Obama First-Time Voters Triggers Limbaugh Protest
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyIn 2008, Barack Obama's energized presidential campaign turned out about 15 million voters who went to the polls for the first time. But these first-time voters -- many young, female, minority and independent -- will need special attention from President Obama to get them to cast a ballot again in this November's midterm contests. The Democratic National Committee on Monday launched a drive to prevent these new voters from joining the ranks of what political analysts call "drop off" or "fall off" voters: people who show up only in presidential years. The 2010 turnout campaign will serve to ...
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Before a Polarized Fall Campaign, a Bit of Bipartisanship
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyDemocrats are feeling like the political winds have suddenly shifted, and are no longer blowing right in their faces. "Two major victories in one week," President Obama said of new health care and student loan laws he has signed in the past few days. And that doesn't even count the nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia that he's scheduled to sign next week in Prague. But don't cry for the GOP, because Republicans feel like winners, too. In fact, one GOP pollster, Ed Goeas, joked that he almost didn't call me back when I asked in an e-mail if the landscape had shifted for the midterm ...
'Joe the Plumber' Says McCain Tried to Use Him
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 15) -- Joe the Plumber became a household name during Sen. John McCain's 2008 campaign, but now the man also known as Sam Wurzelbacher has harsh words for the former Republican presidential candidate. "I don't owe him s---," Wurzelbacher said about McCain over the weekend. "He really screwed my life up is how I look at it." ...
White House Denies Big Shake-Up
By not in system - AOL NewsPresident Obama is bringing back some of the team that helped him win the 2008 election -- including campaign manager David Plouffe -- to try and head off the kind of setbacks in this year's midterm election that the Democrats suffered this week in the Massachusetts senate race and last year's gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia. ...
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