I KNOW it's Rasmussen... but waddup with this POLL?

[cwcwmack]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_ballot/generic_congressional_ballot


Tuesday, April 28, 2009

For just the second time in more than five years of daily or weekly tracking, Republicans now lead Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

Huh? All I've been reading is how the pugs are in distress and then run across this.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while 38% would choose the Democrat. Thirty-one percent (31%) of conservative Democrats said they would vote for their district’s Republican candidate.

Overall, the GOP gained two points this week, while the Democrats lost a point in support. Still, it’s important to note that the GOP’s improved position comes primarily from falling Democratic support. Democrats are currently at their lowest level of support in the past year while Republicans are at the high water mark.

Discuss?

[Bankhead_ATL]

1. Rasmussen

[Uzybone]

2. Rasmussen

nothing else needs to be said.

[cwcwmack]

3. At the range...

maybe this would be called a "flyer"

[cwcwmack]

4. this actually reads well:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_scott_rasmussen/is_the_beltway_gop_irrelevant

Rasmussen wrote this... actually is probably true and explains the pugs woes.

[The Magistrate]

8. The Advertisements On That Page, Sir, Are Enough To Curdle Milk....

[Kalyke]

14. Really, even with this lie popped in there?

The April 15 “tea party” protests, viewed favorably by 51% of Americans, were fueled as much by anger at the bailouts as anything else. Many Inside-the-Beltway Republicans chose to distance themselves from the events, and many tea party participants were happy to express their anger at both Beltway Republicans and Democrats.

Most Americans don't mind paying taxes:

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2009/4/15/sorry-tea-party-movement-polls-say-americans-dont-mind-taxes.html

[asphalt.jungle]

5. there can be no but after "i know it's Rasmussen"

the fact that it's Rasmussen is what's up with it.

[MADem]

6. You answered you question in the subject line. nt

[Jennicut]

7. Rasmussen has more Rethugs in their poll ALL the time. They are not to be taken seriously

except maybe on polls for the national election.

[Redbear]

9. Two days before the election his generic ballot was 47-41 Dem

Democrats actually got like 56% of the Congressional vote.

[Marsala]

10. This is just a result of Independents going back to favoring neither side

It's still way too far from the midterm for people to be making up their minds, particularly the notoriously squishy center. They're back to being wishy-washy... though most of them would probably go Democratic again.

[Clear Blue Sky]

11. It's a warning for our side to not get over confident.

[Clear Blue Sky]

12. It's a warning for our side to not get over confident.

[shagsak]

13. welcome to DU!