Rasmussen hasn’t written the article yet – but they put the new numbers on their BY THE NUMBERS page. And it’s not pretty for Democrats:
| October 2009 | September 2009 | ||||||
| Issue | Dem | GOP | Diff | Dem | GOP | Diff | Shift |
| Health Care | 40% | 46% | (6) | 44% | 44% | - | (6) |
| Education | 38% | 43% | (5) | 45% | 40% | 5 | (10) |
| Social Security | 37% | 45% | (8) | 43% | 41% | 2 | (10) |
| Abortion | 35% | 47% | (12) | 37% | 44% | (7) | (5) |
| Economy | 35% | 49% | (14) | 39% | 47% | (8) | (6) |
| Taxes | 35% | 50% | (15) | 40% | 48% | (8) | (7) |
| Iraq | 31% | 50% | (19) | 37% | 47% | (10) | (9) |
| Nat’l Security | 31% | 54% | (23) | 39% | 51% | (12) | (11) |
| Gov’t Ethics | 29% | 33% | (4) | 34% | 35% | (1) | (3) |
| Immigration | 33% | 40% | (7) | 33% | 45% | (12) | 5 |
Note the dives on… everything, really, except immigration issues: the GOP increased its lead in 9 out of 10 categories since last month. But particularly note the Health Care, Social Security, Economy, and Taxes numbers. Does the Democratic Party feel like demonizing their opponents on health care rationing some more? – because I think that the GOP can somehow manage to find the strength to keep bearing up under the Democrats’ scorn.
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Third Street (Diary) Tuesday, October 20th at 12:25PM EST (link)Notice that on immigration the Democrats didn’t actually improve their numbers — they stayed put at 33% while the GOP lost five points. Apparently voters are more unsure of which of the two parties to trust more on the issue, and with Republicans like John McCain running around out there, it’s hard to blame them.
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But, But, But....Chris Matthews Says....
farstar99 (Diary) Tuesday, October 20th at 1:29PM EST (link)Matthews says the GOP’s stance on health care has hurt them!
The Numbers on National Security Are Most Telling...
Ausonius (Diary) Tuesday, October 20th at 1:03PM EST (link)and not just because they show the largest gap. I suspect the waffling and – as Drudge shows us today – the downright incompetence of ignoring the problem by playing basketball, worrying about Chicago and the Olympics, Fox News, etc., worrying about everything EXCEPT international terrorism, BIG BRObama and the Dems are losing America on this issue.
Of interest was the sudden plunge in “Education,” and I suspect that might be the result of the BIG BRObama invading the schools’ TV sets for his “motivational pep talk” – cum – AgitProp moment thanks to the Department of Education’s “Guidelines for Teachers.”
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Hey, Dems less mistrusted this month than last on one (1) issue... kudos to them!
Crowe (Diary) Tuesday, October 20th at 1:04PM EST (link)I mean, they’re still mistrusted on that one issue, but not as badly. Give props where due.
/snark
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Immigration is the only one they didn't lose trust in
scarlos (Diary) Tuesday, October 20th at 5:19PM EST (link)And they just held even.
We lost trust in Government Ethics and Immigration, but for the former not as much as the Democrats did and for the latter not enough to make a difference.
I am feeling pretty good about these numbers. Seeing as 12 months ago the Democrats were the ones sweeping all the issues.
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