Poll: Republicans Fall to 25 Percent Approval, Most Americans Back Public Option

[ProSense]

Poll: Republicans Fall to 25 Percent Approval, Most Americans Back Public Option

By David Weigel

One of the key storylines of the year has been the GOP’s inability to grab a real advantage from voter disappointment with President Obama and the Democrats. A new Quinnipiac Poll has only 25 percent of Americans approving of the Republican Party, the same low number approving of Republicans in Congress, and only 29 percent of Americans believing that the opposition party is acting in “good faith.” The president has a 16-point lead on health care; that’s up from a 9-point lead last month. He has inched up, only slightly, in his approval ratings on health care and the economy.

As with most measures of the president and the parties, white voters are the most willing to take the GOP’s side. Because the 2010 electorate is likely to be whiter and older than the 2008 electorate, there’s some hope for Republicans there. But not too much. Only 28 percent of whites have a favorable opinion of the GOP. Only 31 percent of whites say Republicans are making a good-faith effort on health care.

Most importantly, 56 percent of whites support “giving people the option of being covered by a government health insurance plan that would compete with private plans.” Overall, 61 percent of Americans back the “public option.” Even though a majority of Americans are squeamish about a bill that doesn’t get Republican votes, this is more grist for liberals who have argued that the Washington political class has ruled the option out too quickly.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. "We've had it with the Latter Day Pharisee Republicons." - Real Americans

"There's only so many lies, so much FAIL, so much corruption, so much sexual perversion, so much anti-Christian torture & hate, so much corporate ass kissing, so much AWOL Chickenhawkery, and so much rank hypocrisy we can stand. The Republicons have FAR exceeded the tolerable limits. Ptoooey."

- Real Americans Against the Latter Day Pharisee Republicon Homelanders

[GodlessBiker]

2. The fact that so many Americans rightfully believe that Glenn Beck and other idiots speak for...

the Republican Party is contributing to this.

When so many Republicans refuse to distance themselves from Beck and his ilk, they have only themselves to blame.

[BOSSHOG]

3. But glen beck says 400 trillion patriotic Americans oppose health care reform

He says they have us surrounded and he thinks his listeners should kill the four remaining liberals in the country.

Who ya gonna belive, some poll which starts with "Q" or an alcoholic lying pervert who works for fox "news?"

[Arugula Latte]

8. That's a damn lie!

It's DOUBLE that -- 800 trillion. At least.

[mikekohr]

12. The correct number is 4.35 bazillion

nt

[old mark]

13. That was the figure determined by a local college survey -

I forget which one.

mark

[Cant trust em]

4. Remember this when people talk about doomsday for the dems in 2010. nt

[Historic NY]

5. Come on they can do better...say 20% for starters.

[Jennicut]

6. 61% back the public option in this poll and in other polls it is around

the same figure. And yet the media acted like opposition was so high. And some Dems in congress too. Pathetic.

[FrenchieCat]

7. So the news media stating over and over again that the PO is DOD didn't work, hey?

GOOD!

[uponit7771]

10. Man, our M$M is sloppy, paid off and wow...at least they're consistant

[CitizenLeft]

9. so what was all that bullshit over the last two days ...

...from the rabid cable pundits crowing about how the Dems are "goin' down" in 2010 - a YEAR away - because people now prefer Republicans and the trend is that we'll lose the House?

I can't stand it. I don't know why I sit there and watch that crap. I scream at the TV and veins bulge and I must be out of my mind.

I will be shocked if we hear about THIS poll tonight.

Thank you for posting this. Now I can scream even more. :)

[Phx_Dem]

11. I guess the "hate of August" didn't work out so well after all.

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