Unhappy with Country’s Direction, Voters Drifting to the Democrats

[babylonsister]

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002882060

Unhappy with Country’s Direction, Voters Drifting to the Democrats
By CQ Staff


Americans are in a grim mood about the direction of the country, and it’s mostly the Republicans who are paying the price.

The latest George Washington University Battleground 2008 poll underlines what other recent national polls have had to say: that voters are headed into the general election in an increasingly negative mood and, when you look at their preferences generically as opposed to support for specific candidates, they favor the Democrats. The survey was conducted May 11-14 and has a 3.1 percent margin of error.

Slightly more than three-quarters of voters said the country was on the wrong track, a finding similar to a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted May 8-11, which put that number at 8 out of 10. Democrats have a generic lead in the presidential race, 49 percent to 41 percent, and 49 percent to 40 percent on the congressional level. A Rasmussen Reports survey conducted April 30-May 8 tested a number of top issues and found greater trust of the Democrats compared with Republicans. But a majority of both Democrats (57 percent) and Republicans (68 percent) disapprove of the jobs Congress is doing. And that tallies with a mid-May survey by Rasmussen that found approval ratings of Congress scraping bottom.

Other headlines from the poll:

• Illinois Sen. Barack Obama leads Arizona Sen. John McCain 49 percent to 47 percent, which is statistically insignificant in this poll. McCain leads New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 51 percent to 43 percent.

• One-fifth of Clinton supporters said they would not vote for Obama if he is the Democratic nominee.

• Fifty-six percent of Americans say the Iraq war is not worth fighting. Forty percent said troops should stay till the country is stabilized, 32 percent say there should be a withdrawal within two years and 25 percent want an immediate withdrawal.

• If it was discovered that Iran had developed nuclear weapons, a third of voters would support military action, 29 percent would oppose it and 38 percent are unsure.

• Both McCain and Obama are viewed favorably by 54 percent of voters while 51 percent view Clinton negatively.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Interesting stats

In talking to people from NW Arkansas, I am always interested to find how high Clinton's negatives are. Now realize that this is the most conservative part of the state, so that might have something to do with it. I'm heartened to see that more folks would not support military action against Iran--people are showing some common sense. Also glad to see that a majority say Iraq is not worth it, though I wish more would join me in the 25% pack that wants immediate withdrawal. Sad that any supporter of any Democratic candidate will not vote for the Democratic nominee. One wonders if they are really Democrats.

[Triana]

2. And Hillary will make sure that in spite of this, WE LOSE.

EVEN IF MRS. HERSELF got the nom - SHE'D LOSE.

WE WOULD LOSE. The PARTY. The COUNTRY.


Surely delegates and SDs are not going to hand this thing to a LOSING (and she is in every countable way) candidate.


Not sure about HER R & B Committee though. HOW IMPARTIAL are they likely to be?


I find it UNACCEPTABLE that this decision is left up to a group of 20-30 people, the majority of whom are supporters of a delusional, malignant narcissist like Clinton.

Puh.