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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
More meaningless polls
Yesterday, CNN reported the results of a new Gallup/CNN poll that suggests a strong anti-incumbent mood in the country right now. I'm quite sure that this has a lot of Dems jumping for joy, but I can't seem to get too excited about it:
1). Those same people don't think that their own Congresspeople are corrupt. Of course, if their Congressperson appears on this list, those people are deluding themselves. 2). I remember all sorts of polls back in 2002 that showed that people thought it was important for different parties to control the White House and Congress. Yet they voted in a whole slew of new Republicans to do the bidding of monkey boy. |
3 Comments:
I think the "different party control" thing is unimportant. That was such an abstract and pointless question. Sure, if you asked people that they'll nod and say "yeah, sure, that's good." But when it comes to voting they're going to vote based on much more solid reasons like the color of the president's tie.
On the other hand this dissatisfaction with Bush and the corruption of the Republican congress reminds me a lot of the 1994 Republican revolution and dissatisfaction with Clinton on the right wing side. If some smart democrats get their shit together this year then maybe we'll see a revolution, and this poll represents a much deeper anger in Americans that they are far more likely to act on.
If they don't? So what, it just extends the time until the Republicans implode under the weight of their own incompetence. It also means the Republican implosion will not be tempered by more Democrats in Congress and will be a more pure example of why Republican ideology is bankrupt.
12:45 PM, January 10, 2006
Yes, so it's an abstract concept. But I think it relates strongly to this poll. "I want the bums kicked out of congress, but my guy isn't a bum, so I'll still vote for him" means that none of the bums get kicked out. It's the same sort of denial that keeps any sort of change from happening. And I wonder if there are any Dems with the balls to pull off a revolution.
1:09 PM, January 10, 2006
For the first time since 1994, a plurality of Americans say most members of Congress don't deserve re-election. The 42% who say most members do deserve re-election is the same as in the first USA TODAY survey of 1994.
And on the give-up side, proof that not doing anything works.
Attitudes toward the Republican congressional leadership have soured. By 50%-40%, those surveyed say the policies proposed by Republican leaders in Congress would move the country in the wrong direction. That's by far the worst showing since the GOP took control more than a decade ago.
4:01 PM, January 10, 2006
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