Republicans in Disarray-NEW POLL: The GOP is a mess right now

[kpete]

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Republicans in Disarray
The Republican Party may have a big election year anyway, but Americans sure don't think much of it or its leadership.

Only 28% of voters in the country say they approve of the current direction of the GOP with 51% disapproving. Even among voters who identify with the party just 54% say they like where it's headed. It's predictable that Democrats would give it very low marks but even among independents just 18% think the Republicans are headed in the right direction while 49% dissent.

One person who's not doing the party any favors is Michael Steele. Only 10% of Americans have a favorable opinion of him while 33% see him unfavorably. Even in his own party a plurality of voters have a negative view of him, with 19% saying they have an unfavorable opinion of him to 15% with a positive one.

Any thought that having Steele as the chair might help the party reach out to African Americans can be tossed away- only 5% of them have a favorable opinion of him to 53% with a negative one.

The GOP is a mess right now, defined by weak and unpopular leaders who have most voters thinking the party's headed in the wrong direction. The fact that the party is still likely to fare well in 2010 speaks to just how cranky the electorate is and how dimly it views the Democratic leadership.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_National_413.pdf
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/04/republicans-in-disarray.html

[KansDem]

1. If it weren't for the media, the GOP would be on the dungheap of history right now.

Permanently...

[FBaggins]

2. The Republican's biggest advantage...

...is that they get to run against the Democrats.

Regardless of the fact that this is a PPP poll (the democratic version of Rasmussen - except that they don't pretend to be unbiased), this poll has little good news for Democrats (and obviously avoids asking the same questions about our leadership and/pr policies).

[LiberalFighter]

3. Maybe they have a poll showing Republican African Americans are more favorable?

Probably close to 98% support Steele. Wait a minute! Are there more than 99? If there aren't then it would be closer to 99%.

[Blue Owl]

4. Hitch your wagon to that star, Joe Liebermann

n/t

[monmouth]

5. Send this to Charlie Cook ASAP. He thinks the GOP is on the move

to win big, big in November...LOL.

[damntexdem]

6. I just hope they keep it up.

They're circular firing squad needs to be more-effective than the Dems' perennial one come November.

[gratuitous]

7. No, it's DEMOCRATS who are in disarray

That's the story the popular media like to tell, and they're not going to change it based on any polls or facts or evidence. I mean, you can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true, so what good are they? Far better and more pleasing for all concerned to stick with the story the media like to tell.

[cui bono]

8. Unfortunately that is not necessarily good for the Dems or our country.

So moderate Republicans might switch to the Democratic Party, which then gives us more conservodems. The Republican Party shifts so far right it becomes the Tea Party faction. So the whole political scene moves farther right. Not good.

Unless the new Republican Party becomes so small as to be inconsequential, the Dems become the right and we get a real progressive party to be the left. Now that I can get behind.