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United States News Title: Poll: Revolt Brewing Across America Against Failed Congressional GOP Leadership Poll: Revolt Brewing Across America Against Failed Congressional GOP Leadership by Michael Patrick Leahy A new poll warns the Republican Congressional leadership that a revolt is brewing against them among President Trump’s base. In a poll of 1,000 likely voters released Thursday by the Center for Security Policy and the Eagle Forum, respondents said by more than a four to one margin it was “time for new Republican leadership in Congress, which would mean replacing Senate Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan.” Sixty-three percent of all respondents said it was time for new Republican leadership in Congress, while only 15 percent said it was not time for new Republican leadership. Twenty-two percent were unsure. Republicans were even harder on their own party’s Congressional leaders than Democrats or Independents. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans said it was time for new Republican leadership in Congress, while only 14 percent wanted to keep the current leadership. Sixty-three percent of Democrats and 57 percent of Independents said it was time for new Republican leadership. Disapproval of Republican leadership was high among those who voted for President Trump in 2016, and that dissatisfaction could be very bad news for Republican members of Congress who fail to back the Trump agenda, as a number of questions about specific policies revealed. A whopping 69 percent of those who voted for President Trump in 2016 said they would be less likely to re-elect their Member of Congress who “Has increased the debt ceiling to spend more money the government doesn’t have, without any new constraints on future spending.” Only 20 percent of Trump voters said they would be more likely to re-elect such a Member of Congress. Similarly, 67 percent of those who voted for President Trump in 2016 said they would be less likely to re-elect their Member of Congress who “Is bailing out the health insurance companies without repealing Obamacare.” Only 21 percent of Trump voters said they would be more likely to re-elect such a Member of Congress. “Trump voters are clearly disgusted by the failure of Congressional GOP leadership to keep their promises. For those in DC who are politically deluding themselves, it is clear that the way forward is by standing on the President’s shoulders, not by cutting him off at the knees,” Rick Manning, President of Americans for Limited Government, tells Breitbart News. “The just announced debt ceiling deal is disappointing and a lost opportunity, but the good news is that the next three months will provide a final test for the GOP incumbents in Congress. If GOP Congressional incumbents fail to get some form of real Obamacare repeal done, fail to fund the wall, fail to use their majority to reign in government and fail to make real spending cuts, then it is clear that they will also fail to win GOP voters in their upcoming primary campaigns,” Manning adds. As Manning notes, these poll results will almost certainly embolden potential Republican primary challengers to Congressional incumbents who fail to back President Trump’s agenda. The poll’s timing is excellent, as any serious primary challenger to an incumbent will need to be prepared to make an announcement of candidacy between now and the end of this year, at the latest. The bad news for Republican incumbents is that there are any number of issues where a vote against President Trump’s agenda could energize opposition within the Trump base. Additional hot button issues revealed in the poll include: Poll respondents also believe by a two to one margin that the GOP leadership in Congress is supporting the swamp President Trump promised to drain. 49 percent of respondents said the GOP leadership in Congress is supporting the swamp President promised to drain, while 22 percent say the GOP leadership is helping drain the swamp. Twenty-nine percent of respondents were unsure. Republicans had a slightly more generous view of the actions of GOP leadership than Democrats or Independents, but not by much. Forty-six percent of Republicans said the GOP leadership is supporting the swamp, while 30 percent said they are trying to drain it. Fifty percent of Democrats said the GOP leadership is supporting the swamp, while only 22 percent said they are trying to drain it. Among Independents, skepticism of the GOP leadership was even higher. Fifty-one percent of Independents said the GOP leadership is supporting the swamp, while a miniscule 13 percent said they are trying to drain it. Negative perceptions of the GOP leadership were remarkably consistent across the different geographic regions of the country. Only 27 percent of respondents in the East said the GOP leadership was trying to drain the swamp. That number dropped to 23 percent in the South, and 10 percent in both the Midwest and the West. One fascinating gem not directly related to failures of Republican Congressional leadership was included in the poll’s top line summary of results. When asked about the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of organizations “it claims use ‘hate speech’,” 42.8 percent of poll respondents said Internet companies like Paypal, Google, Facebook, and Twitter should not use this list “as an excuse to censor or suppress mainstream and non-violent conservative groups by denying them access to their services.” Ominously, however, 31.8 percent of respondents said Internet companies should use this list “as an excuse to censor or suppress mainstream and non-violent conservative groups by denying them access to their services.” That question was preceded by this description: Twenty eight percent of respondents said they follow or like President Trump on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Thirty-six percent of respondents were Democrats, 33 percent were Republicans, and 31 percent were Independents. Seventy-one percent of respondents were White, 12 percent were African American, 11 percent were Hispanic and 4 percent were Asian. Forty five percent were Protestant, 26 percent were Catholic, 18.7 percent were Atheist/Agnostic, 3.6 percent were Jewish, 1.5 percent were Buddhist, 1.2 percent were Mormon, 1 percent were Muslim, 0.7 percent were Eastern/Greek Orthodox, and 2.2 percent were Other. The poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted online by McLaughlin and Associates between August 24 and August 28. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: nolu chan (#0)
Well, isn't that exciting?
Polls also told us Hitlery would be president. ...That the Brexit vote would fail in a landslide. ...That Cameron would lose his re-election that he won. ...That Netanyahu would lose his last election badly. Screw the polls. They exist to manipulate opinion, not measure it. As for this one, let's see... According to 538.com's pollster rankings (who examined 19 of their polls), McLaughlin is an internet survey company. Their simple average error was 5.7%. They called 92% of projected races accurately (you could do better just by betting the incumbent in every race). 538 gives them a bias of 0.5% bias in favor of GOP. In short, McLaughlin sucks as a pollster. Given how bad modern polling is, that's pretty bad.
Of course that's what polls are for. Right now all of us are angry - left, right, center. We're boiling with rage that what we believe in is not getting addressed. Polls like this make feel good, as though we're gonna GET those scum-sucking bastiges opposed to us. You're right that the polls mean nothing, but you can understand why they try.
Polls constitute cheap filler for TV news and the fading newspaper industry. And they can help nudge public opinion in one direction or another. People have gotten resistant though. In recent election cycles around the West, people have begun to lie to pollsters deliberately. They say one thing, vote another.
Reading between the lines, bombthrower Bannon is back at Breitbart and the political bombs are flying. The poll on Breitbart supports the political narrative now in action. Congress is holding a bomb with the fuse burning.
Really ??? Let me know when 4 or 5 million surround the capital, with torches, pitchforks, and rope, and they start dragging the bastards out and hanging them in the trees and lamp posts. Until then, this is a HUGE nothing burger. Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. Never Pick A Fight With An Old Man He Will Just Shoot You He Can't Afford To Get Hurt "If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." (Will Rogers)
As soon as so much as a discussion of armed rebellion takes place, I will let you know. In the meantime, McConnell and Ryan may have a somewhat tenuous hold on their leadership positions, and some lackeys may face exciting primaries or elections.
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