GOP Has Edge Over Democrats On the Most Critical Issues -Gallup

[Frodo]

Poll shows GOP leading on critical issues

By Peter Sullivan
October 13, 2014, 08:46 am

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> gallup

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Disgusting.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

They also show that most people think the GOP will win the Senate.

That's kind of concerning for Democrats, because when it comes to predicting who will win control of the House and the Presidential popular vote, the public has always correctly predicted the winner. Even when Bush in 2000 was leading in the polls by big margins and Romney was edging out Obama in 2012, the public still predicted that Gore* and Obama would win.


But now for the catch: this is the first time they've asked the question for the Senate, so there's no track record. And since the Senate is based on 33-34 seats each cycle, and races are highly variable and locally-based, this could easily end up wrong. So keep it in mind, but take it with a grain of salt. It will be interesting to see if this question will become a good predictor of election outcomes like the House and President questions are.


*the question is technically about the popular vote

[New_Conservative]

Good news

[AggregateDemand]

The only thing Democrats have to offer is expanding our failed entitlements to cover more people, which literally represents the expansion of our socioeconomic decline. The misery continues election-after-election because Democrats believe they are the only people trying to make a difference. The world's most successful cult.

It's sad that the Republican Party lets it exist by adopting a platform of half-measures, tepid-reforms, and social conservatism.

[Mr. Smith]

Not surprised, every other poll has American agreeing almost entirely with Democrats on social and economic issues...if they are not labeled as Democratic positions.

But once they are, and once the GOP uses meaningless buzz words like "Personal Responsibility", "Fiscal Integrity", "Welfare Queens"...it's all downhill from there.

And then you have those people who simply hate whoever the hell is the incumbent presidency party no matter what,and therefore mindlessly hate how the economy is handled,and blah blah blah.

And the "New Democrats" are pretty playing in fear of those buzzwords instead of just going all FDR and saying "Eff you, c'mon bring it on" and giving out half-assed counters to try and win on technicalities of the words.

But the solution when that happens is simply to move the goalposts further and further rightward.

So yeah, not surprised at all

[Deus Naturae]

Not surprised, every other poll has American agreeing almost entirely with Democrats on social and economic issues...if they are not labeled as Democratic positions.

Cite?

[All Along The Watchtower]

Not surprised, every other poll has American agreeing almost entirely with Democrats on social and economic issues...if they are not labeled as Democratic positions.

Cite?

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http://ringoffireradio.com/2014/01/report-american-voters-growing-progressive-opinions/

Also:




And so on.

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http://mediamatters.org/research/progmaj/

[New_Conservative]

Not surprised, every other poll has American agreeing almost entirely with Democrats on social and economic issues...if they are not labeled as Democratic positions.

Cite?

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http://ringoffireradio.com/2014/01/report-american-voters-growing-progressive-opinions/

Also:




And so on.

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http://mediamatters.org/research/progmaj/

Don't you think voters change their mind depending on what the political climate is?

[IceSpear]

Gallup also thought Romney would win in a landslide, so forgive me if I don't take this to heart.

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Republicans have an 11 point lead on the economy?

The American people are officially no smarter than a dead snail.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Gallup isn't the gold standard anymore. They suck now after their embarrassing performance in the last 3 elections.

[Deus Naturae]

@PR: The first table doesn't tell us much. People want lower taxes for themselves, and higher taxes for everyone wealthier than themselves. People who think that taxes on those wealthier than them should be higher (the majority) are in agreement with Democrats, but those who think that their own taxes should be lower (also the majority) are in agreement with Republicans. So, it's hard to say who "wins" this issue, except that the Democrats clearly win on corporate taxation.

It's also ambiguous as to who "wins" on regulation. Most people support greater financial regulation, but most also oppose greater regulation of business in general:



It wouldn't be accurate to say that a majority sides with Republicans, since 29% view the current amount of regulation as optimal, but there are still far more Americans who think there is too much regulation of business than there are who think there is too little.

Overall, I think public opinion is slightly favorable toward Democrats on economic issues. Most people oppose the ACA, but generally oppose cuts to social programs. On taxes and regulation, neither party has clear support from a majority of the public, as stated above. So again, I think Dems have a slight advantage, but MormDem's initial claim that Americans "agree almost entirely" with them is clearly inaccurate.