Voters Trust Republicans More On 10 Top Issues

[South40]

Friday, October 23, 2009

For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them.

Republicans have nearly doubled their lead over Democrats on economic issues to 49% to 35%, after leading by eight points in September.

The GOP also holds a 54% to 31% advantage on national security issues and a 50% to 31% lead on the handling of the war in Iraq.

But voters are less sure which party they trust more to handle government ethics and corruption, an issue that passed the economy in voter importance last month. Thirty-three percent (33%) trust Republicans more while 29% have more confidence in Democrats. Another 38% are undecided. Last month, the parties were virtually tied on the issue.

A recent Rasmussen Reports video report finds that voters are more disappointed lately with Obama’s performance in dealing with corruption in Washington.

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[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Trust is OK but sometimes I wonder if the American puplic actually knows what the hell it wants from one minute to the next. They seem generally uninformed and subject to every political fashion.

When I talk to people who recite the latest media drivel over an issue (say, school vouchers) and I break an issue down in conservative terms (let's have 50 working state laboratories rather than 1 politicized, over-sized federal behemoth) I find many folks come around (Gee, MSB, I worry about what fundie states might do but at least my kids would be better off).

Effective dialogue is the cure for liberalism.

[Chris_]

The money quote, which I have $20 that says it slipped completely unnoticed past The Party hierarchy.

But 73% of GOP voters nationwide think Republicans in Congress have lost touch with their voting base.

[JohnnyReb]

But 73% of GOP voters nationwide think Republicans in Congress have lost touch with their voting base.

....and 95% of that 73% wonder if they were ever in touch with their voter base.







I found that factoid in the same warm, moist, dark place the DUmmies find theirs...