Comments on: Independents more unhappy with Congress than Republicans.

By: proudgop

proudgop — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:30:19 +0000

Just was over at Public Policy Site and they just did poll on AR 2 ( Snyder D) Heck, last cycle Republicans didn’t even challenge him and its district that went for McCain

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2009/11/snyder-in-trouble.html

Snyder’s approval rating is now 42%, with 46% of voters in the district disapproving of him. He’s at a solid 75% in his own party but with independents the spread is 30/56 and with Republicans it’s just 12/75.

54% of voters in the district disapprove of the job Congressional Democrats are doing, 52% disapprove of Barack Obama’s job performance, and 50% express the feeling that Congressional Democrats are too liberal. Additionally 55% of voters say they’re opposed to the health care bill the House passed last week with Snyder’s support, including 91% of Republicans and 67% of independents. Snyder seems to be bearing the brunt of a lot of animosity toward national Democrats in his district.

The practical implication of all this is that the district looks like a toss up for next year. In possible 2010 match ups Snyder leads Tim Griffin 44-43, Scott Wallace 44-42, and David Meeks 45-42. Those close margins come despite the fact that none of the Republican candidates are well known- 67% of voters have no opinion about Griffin, 75% say the same of Wallace, and 78% are ambivalent toward Meeks.

The Republicans hold leads of 13-15 points among independent voters, continuing a trend being seen across the country this year that was particularly important in giving the GOP victories in races for Governor of New Jersey and Virginia.

By: RedBeard

RedBeard — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:49:39 +0000

I want an alternative other than a bunch of people saying, “See? We’re not as bad as those awful Democrats.”

For many years now, the public voice of the Republican Party has been muted and muddled, unable even to defend good policy, let alone promote it.

People generally don’t respond nearly as well to a meek “here’s what we’re against” as they do to a strong and resolute “here are the principles for which we stand.”

By: kyle8

kyle8 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:45:24 +0000

as usual, are feeling used and lied to. After all they willfully ignored all that the crazed right wingers revealed about Obama’s past and chose to believe his words that he would be (just like them) a blessed moderate.

By: Bham

Bham — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:28:13 +0000

is my “friend,” said the ancients. Independents are clearly alienated by the Dems, but I’m not yet persuaded they now love the Republicans. Until Republicans represent a principled, conservative alterantive — enthusiastically and unapologetically expressed — we’ll only be friends of convenience with Independents.

Bham

By: JoeG

JoeG — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:07:49 +0000

Where they talk about shifts in affiliation.

But looking at other polls, I do not believe there is much of a shift other than a small down tick in Democrat affiliation.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:58:38 +0000

If they were, we wouldn’t be seeing the independents going back to the GOP in both these polls, and NJ/VA.

By: vamoose

vamoose — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:01:44 +0000

It seems rather obvious to me that the NC/NRCC/NRSC antics that spawned the not-one-more-dime crowd are responsible for these polling numbers. Those who are ticked at congress are increasingly identifying themselves as independents.

By: Born Again Capitalist

Born Again Capitalist — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:41:31 +0000

we mustn’t sit on our laurels. In fact, I’m not even sure we’ve earned any laurels yet. Harnessing the public’s opposition to Obamacare is great, but we need to put more emphasis on what conservatives have to offer America. I’m not saying we don’t have great things to offer, but we aren’t doing a great job as marketing ourselves.