Not New News: America Wants a Change

[gunns]

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll

Direction of the country

All in all, do you think things in the nation are headed in the right direction or off on the wrong track?
4/06 3/06
Right direction 24% 26%
Wrong track 67% 62%
Mixed 7% 9%
Not sure 2% 3%

Nation's economy

In the next year, the nation's economy will...
4/06 3/06
Get better 17% 24%
Get worse 44% 27%
Stay about the same 36% 46%
Not sure 3% 3%

View of economy

Which is closer to your view of the economy?
I'm feeling confident about the economy because of the number of jobs that are being created, the strong performance of the stock market, and the low rate of inflation.
or
I'm feeling uneasy about the economy because of the high price of gasoline, higher interest rates, and the large federal deficit.

Confident about the economy 19%
Uneasy about the economy 77%
Some of both 3%


Presidential approval

In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that George W. Bush is doing as president?
4/06 3/06
Approve 36% 37%
Disapprove 57% 58%
Not sure 7% 5%

Tired of Republicans and Democrats fighting 44%
Nothing gets done on issues important to you 36%
Too many congressmen are corrupt and unethical 34%
Congress simply goes along with President Bush 22%
You disagree with specific legislation 12%
Other 2%

Control of congress

What is your preference for this year’s election a Republican or Democratic controlled congress?
4/06 3/06
Republicans 39% 37%
Democrats 45% 50%
Not sure 16% 13%


What's more important

Which is more important, your congressperson's:
4/06 3/06
Position on national issues 43% 44%
Performance in district 38% 40%
Both/neither 18% 15%
Not sure 1% 1%

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12499741/

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Cue Angryllama's denunciation of the Wall Street Journal and NBC News as "radical left-wing sources" pushing "Marxist propaganda."

:laugh:

[Crushaholic]

This portion of the poll is the most interesting to me and signifies that little change in the makeup of Congress will be forthcoming:

Tired of Republicans and Democrats fighting 44%
Nothing gets done on issues important to you 36%
Too many congressmen are corrupt and unethical 34%
Congress simply goes along with President Bush 22%
You disagree with specific legislation 12%
Other 2%

People are generally satisfied with what THEIR representative in Washington is doing. In order for there to be widespread change in the Capitol, people need to be ready to vote "their bum" out. This poll doesn't suggest that will happen...

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Control of congress

What is your preference for this year’s election a Republican or Democratic controlled congress?
4/06 3/06
Republicans 39% 37%
Democrats 45% 50%
Not sure 16% 13%

[Crushaholic]

Control of congress

What is your preference for this year’s election a Republican or Democratic controlled congress?
4/06 3/06
Republicans 39% 37%
Democrats 45% 50%
Not sure 16% 13%

It may be true that more people WANT a Democrat Congress. However, if they aren't willing to vote THEIR representative out, the status quo will reign supreme and the Democrats will have to wait to grab the White House in 2008...

[W*GS]

Control of congress

What is your preference for this year’s election a Republican or Democratic controlled congress?
4/06 3/06
Republicans 39% 37%
Democrats 45% 50%
Not sure 16% 13%

Pity the Democratic Party is listening to you and your ilk, LABF. If you and your ideological brethren keep making the strident, petulant, crude noises you've kept up for years now, and the Dems are a permanent minority.

You whacky lefty extremists are as unelectable and distasteful as the whacky righty extremists.