Not looking good for incumbents

[Sug]

Unfavorable Ratings for Both Major Parties Near Record Highs
By NATE SILVER
A new CNN poll finds that 55 percent of voters have a negative view of the Republican Party, tied for their second-highest unfavorable score since CNN began asking this question in 1992. The Republicans also achieved a 55 percent unfavorable rating in a poll conducted in April 2009, although the party’s all-time high, 57 percent, was recorded as the House of Representatives was in the process of impeaching Bill Clinton in December, 1998.

The news for Democrats is not any better. Some 49 percent of voters now hold a negative view of the party, according to the poll. Although this figure is slightly better than for Republicans, it matches the Democrats’ record high unfavorable rating of September 2010 and is part of an upward trajectory that has persisted for the past three years.

The combined unfavorable score for both parties — 104 percent — is also a record, and represents the first time that the figure has been above 100.

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[MARIS61]

Good news for those wanting to see our corrupt joke of a Democratic Republic ended.

I don't see where it indicates incumbents, as opposed to the powers that control the 2 parties.

I see it as a recognition that they are merely puppets and the 2 party system has failed to provide any semblence of honest representation.

Replacing the puppets with new puppets accomplishes nothing. That would be akin to replacing Hitler's troops with new troops and expecting the Third Reich to become a peace and brotherhood promoting group.

Getting rid of the puppeteers is the only way out of this mess.

 

[maxiep]

Times are shitty. Of course people are going to be dissatisfied. The revolution has begun in the Republican Party. I imagine it will start in the Democratic Party in 2012.

 

[Sug]

Times are shitty. Of course people are going to be dissatisfied. The revolution has begun in the Republican Party. I imagine it will start in the Democratic Party in 2012.

Let me guess, the Tea Party? They are your PGOTF my friend, and they are really Dan Dickau, not John Stockton. I hope you enjoy the illusion while it lasts, kinda like a Vegas sideshow.

 

[Draco]

I don't see where it indicates incumbents, as opposed to the powers that control the 2 parties.

I assume he meant incumbents at the next election, so all current congressmen.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I think we're headed for some sort of bloodless revolution. A general lack of civility and issues that have bankrupted the nation are forcing the issue. I suppose what I mean to say is that this cannot continue much longer before the dam breaks.

 

[maxiep]

Let me guess, the Tea Party? They are your PGOTF my friend, and they are really Dan Dickau, not John Stockton. I hope you enjoy the illusion while it lasts, kinda like a Vegas sideshow.

I'm no Republican, but we'll agree to disagree about the impact of those who focus on the role of government and oppose its overreach.