February 2012
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Polls that matter: Iran
58% of Americans say it is important to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, even if it means taking military action:
Nearly six-in-ten (58%) say it is more important to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, even if it means taking military action. Just 30% say it is more important to avoid a military conflict with Iran, even if it means that country develops nuclear weapons....
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Polls that matter: MI voters on #Santorum
63% of MI primary voters think Santorum’s views are ‘about right’:
Santorum’s advantage over Romney seems to be a reflection of voters being more comfortable with where he is ideologically. 48% of voters think Santorum has more similar beliefs to them, compared to only 32% who pick Romney on that question. 63% of primary voters think Santorum’s views are ‘about right’ compared to only 42% who...
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Polls that matter: Regulations
52% of Americans think regulations are bad:
Currently, 52% say government regulation of business usually does more harm than good
But .. Americans love the stuff that regulations regulate:
Overall, the public overwhelmingly supports strengthening regulations or keeping them as they are in specific areas, such as food safety and environmental protection; very few want to reduce regulations in...
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Polls that dont matter: UK Healthcare
52% of Britons oppose overhauling their nationalized health service:
An outright majority of respondents, 52%, say that the bill – which would overhaul NHS management, increase competition and give family doctors more financial responsibility – should be dropped. That is against 33% who believe it is better to stick with the plans at this stage
In what world do politicians live in where...
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Polls that dont matter: Deficits
Turns out just 11% of Americans cared about the deficit and furthermore they think its ‘cause the rich don’t pay their fair share:
A plurality of Americans — 46 percent — say the primary cause for the nation’s deficits is that “wealthy Americans don’t pay enough in taxes,” according to a new United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection poll. Just three percent blamed...
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Polls that dont matter: RomneyCare, err, ObamaCare
62% of Massachusetts residents like their ObamneyCare:
The poll from WBUR, an NPR-affiliate in Boston, finds that 62 percent of Massachusetts residents support Romney’s law, while just 33 percent oppose it. Meanwhile, nearly 70 percent of respondents said they see Romney’s opposition to the Affordable Care Act as a political ploy
Massachussettians are smart folk!
Once Romney repeals...
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Polls that dont matter: GOP extremism
More than 50% of Americans think the GOP is extreme:
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 35 percent of Likely Voters say it would be more accurate to describe the agenda of Republicans in Congress as mainstream, while 52 percent feel extreme is a more accurate description. Thirteen percent (13 percent) are not sure
35% think this is mainstream? God help us,...
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Polls that dont matter: John Kasich
Only 33% of Ohioians would vote for Kasich if the election was held today:
A new Public Policy Polling (D) survey shows only 33 percent of Ohio general election voters approve of his job performance, while a majority of 53 percent are disappointed with it. Those numbers translate into a serious case of buyer’s remorse on the behalf of Ohioans, as Kasich would lose a rematch against former Gov....
Polls that dont matter: Congress Job Approval
10%!! 10% of Americans approve of the work of Congress, and especially the House GOP & Senate obstructionists:
The 112th Congress rode to office in 2010 on the biggest wave of unlimited, undisclosed corporate money that American politics has ever seen. That same Congress hit a historically low approval rating of 10 percent, Gallup reported this week.
This is awesome news for the tea party...
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Polls that matter: Drones
77% of Americans love it when we can kill faraway brown people from a NOC deep in Arizona:
Support for drone strikes against suspected terrorists stays high, dropping only somewhat when respondents are asked specifically about targeting American citizens living overseas
Bombs away, America. I’m sure Victor Davis Hanson will dig up historical documents about how drones are reason the west...
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Polls that matter: Gitmo
70% of Americans want brown people & assorted types stuck in gitmo without due process:
The survey shows that 70 percent of respondents approve of Obama’s decision to keep open the prison at Guantanamo Bay. He pledged during his first week in office to close the prison within a year, but he has not done so.
Even the party base appears willing to forgive that failure.
Well, shiver me...
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Polls that dont matter: Youth Optimism
88% of young Americans say they earn enough money now or expect they will in the future (via commie rag, the WSJ:
For young adults, bad times don’t trump optimism. Among those ages 18 to 34, nearly nine-in-ten (88%) say they either have or earn enough money now or expect they will in the future. Only 9% say they don’t think they will ever have enough to live the life they want. Adults ages 35...
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Polls that dont matter: Congress Job Approval
43% of Americans said random people would do a better job than the current Congress, i.e. House GOP:
Forty-three percent of respondents said a group of random people selected from the phone book would do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than their current representatives. Thirty-eight percent of respondents disagreed and 19 percent weren’t sure
Of course, they’re talking...
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Polls that dont matter: Birth Control
Looks like a majority of Americans would like women to be healthy:
Fifty-five percent of Americans agreed that “employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost,” according to a Public Religion Research Institute survey released Tuesday. Forty percent disagreed.
But .. but .. won’t a box of...
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Polls that dont matter: Susan B Komen
53% of Americans oppose wingnuts Brinker & Handel not wanting to fund poor people getting screened for breast cancer:
Do you support or oppose Susan G. Komen’s decision to stop funding breast cancer screenings by Planned Parenthood?
Support
Oppose
Not sure
All
39
53
8
Women
38
53
9
Men
39
54
7
Who wouldve guessed that right-wing nutjobs wanting to run an organization based on ideology...
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Polls that matter: Iran War
Let be known if there’s one thing America does, its learning from previous mistakes. A majority are okay declaring war on Iran based on specious evidence
Nearly half of likely voters think the United States should be willing to use military force to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to this week’s The Hill Poll.
Forty-nine percent said military force should be...
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Polls that dont matter: Willard Mitt Romney
The more little people see/hear Mitt, the less they like him:
Overall, 55 percent of those who are closely following the campaign say they disapprove of what the GOP candidates have been saying. By better than 2 to 1, Americans say the more they learn about Romney, the less they like him.
Hmm, I guess you can have all the money in the world to fund your own damn run for the presidency but it...
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Polls that dont matter: Economic Policy
More than 60% of Americans like policies that favor rich to pay fair share of taxes & ending tax breaks to corporations that outsource jobs to China:
Gallup asked the question of adults as to their level of support for five economic proposals expected in the State of the Union speech.
House GOP will get right on that.
But if there’s a poll showing marginal interest in nuking Iran...
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Polls that dont matter: House GOP Image
64% of Americans think the House GOP are nuts:
House Republican poll ratings have plunged over the past year, as Washington’s brutal battles have taken a toll on a party that was flying high last January when it took the majority.
Which brings us to this: what f&*king planet are the other 36% living in?
Boehner addressed Winston’s polling at the GOP retreat earlier this month. On the...
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Polls that dont matter: Business Experience
Americans don’t think business experience would make a great President:
New numbers from ABC News and the Washington Post show that the private experience of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is view unfavorably by the general population
I guess Americans don’t regard the work of our greatest CEO presidents GWBush & Dick Cheney all...
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Polls that dont matter: Capital Gains Tax Rates
52% of Americans support taxing Capital Gains And Income at same rate:
The survey shows that 52 percent of Americans think the capital gains rate should be the same as income tax rates, while 36 percent say Congress should keep things the same. Both Democrats and Republicans think increasing them are a good idea, although Democrats moreso, and the proposal also gets support from 54 percent...