Pollster: 'Republican brand is essentially in the TOILET these days' and more Americans [View all]

[Tony_FLADEM]

will prefer Democrats in 2016.

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2016: REPUBLICANS FACE TROUBLES

• No single GOP presidential hopeful captured 20 per cent of Republicans' support

• Marco Rubio won 19 percent, followed by Paul Ryan's 17 percent and Rand Paul's 15 per cent

• Chris Christie, thought to be the GOP's golden boy, took fourth place with 14 percent

• Silver lining: Republicans' only strong issue is on the economic issues voters say are most important

• 59 percent of Republicans said they would rather the 2016 nominee be a governor, not a senator

• President Obama has a 50 percent approval rating, down just three points since his post-election high

• 43 percent of registered voters said they would vote for a Democrat for Congress

• Just 35 percent chose a generic Republican congressional candidate

• Democrats in Congress rated 34 percent approval, compared with 19 per cent for congressional Republicans

• 69 percent of voters said they were 'very dissatisfied' or 'somewhat dissatisfied' with the direction of the country

• 52 percent said they had a negative image of the Republican Party, compared to 43 per cent who said the same about the Democratic Party


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