Morning Plum: GOP in doghouse among women, nonwhites, young [View all]

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Morning Plum: GOP in doghouse among women, nonwhites, young

By Greg Sargent at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/08/05/morning-plum-gop-in-doghouse-among-women-nonwhites-young/?wpmm=AG0003386

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A new Washington Post/ABC News poll is getting a bit of a bounce this morning because it finds that a record high number of Americans disapprove of their own Member of Congress — reflecting, once again, just how poorly this Congress is viewed.

But the relative ratings of the Republican and Democratic parties are also noteworthy, particularly among key voter groups that GOP leaders have been hoping to improve their appeal among ever since the 2012 loss produced a round of soul searching about the party’s future. The toplines are that among registered voters, 38 percent view the GOP favorably, versus 60 percent who view it unfavorably; among Dems those numbers are 51-46.

Here’s a rundown among subgroups:

– Among women, the favorable/unfavorable numbers for the GOP are 33-62. For the Democratic Party they are flipped around, at 54-40.

– Among nonwhites, those numbers for the GOP are 25-70. For the Democratic Party they are flipped around at 68-26.




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