http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/20/1337935/-Politico-in-disarrayUh-oh. I guess this means the GOP has scored another big political win by blaming Obama for Ebola, right? Well, sure, except the poll—which was conducted from October 3-11 in House districts and states with "competitive" races (pdf)—only had one question about Ebola, and that question found that most voters actually had some or a lot of confidence in the government response to Ebola:
Given those numbers, how on Earth did Politico reach the conclusion that Ebola represents a grave threat to Democratic political fortunes? Because, they say:
Specifically, Republicans had 43 percent confidence while Democrats had 81 percent confidence. But that doesn't tell us that Ebola imperils Democrats ... it tells us that people have partisan views of whether government is working. Duh. [/quote]
