Are Americans Smarter than they Look? by JB Williams
The Bear on Jul 22 2008 at 8:28 am | Filed under: Culture, Election 08’
Understanding American voter sentiments heading into the 2008 Election cycle is no easy task. Voters seem to be all over the board on how they feel about the issues, the candidates, and what they think we should do about each issue is even stranger.
In studying current Rasmussen Report detailed numbers, Americans seem to struggle with remaining on task all the way through their thought processes. Many voter positions appear quite counter-indicated, contradictory and even downright confusing, or should I say, confused.
Obama and McCain are clearly in a dead heat statistical tie in the race for the White House. When studying the underlying voter sentiments on the issues, the level of confusion in the electorate may explain why.
Here are some interesting key Rasmussen numbers… (survey respondents were weighted +10% Democrat)
79% of Americans polled, say that they believe the nation is “on the wrong track,” whatever that means. When asked how they feel about the individual branches of government in this regard, they give the Judicial Branch (Supreme Court) only a 34% approval rating, the Executive Branch (the president) only a 33% approval rating, and the Legislative Branch (congress) only a 9% approval rating.
Clearly, voters think all three branches of government are “on the wrong track,” none more so than the Democrat controlled congress, which a record 91% of the people polled, believe to be off track.
Yet voters seem very confused about how to address any of these concerns.
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