The Stakeholder
Republican Approval Ratings at All-Time Low
The DCCC released the following memo on Tuesday:
To: Interested Parties
From: DCCC Communications Department
Re: Republican Approval Ratings at All Time Low
Date: June 23, 2009
As
recent polling makes clear, the American people
want common-sense solutions not the Republican Party of No's
obstruction, lack of ideas, and commitment to the failed policies of the
past. Republicans should stop banking on failure, roll up their sleeves,
and start working with the President and Congressional Democrats to turn the
economy around.
As NBC reported, "Buried inside all three polls is this finding: Opinions about
the Republican Party are at an all-time low. What's more, according to the
ABC/WashPo survey, Americans trust Obama more than congressional Republicans on
health care (55%-27%), the economy (55%-31%), the deficit (56%-30%), and
combating terrorism (55%-34%). To put it simply, the GOP's take on Obama's poll
numbers is a lot like the owner of a 1987 Buick pointing out the dents and
potential engine trouble of a 2008 BMW sedan."
Below is a round up of the four most recent nonpartisan polling showing Republicans' approval rating at an all time low.
NYT/CBS - "Republicans have steadily increased their criticism of Mr. Obama, particularly on the budget deficit, the poll found that the Republican Party is view favorably by only 28% of those polled, the lowest rating ever in a New York Times/CBS News poll." [NYT/CBS, 6/17/09]
NBC/WSJ - "The public doesn't blame Obama for the deficit or the economy -- that honor instead goes to the previous Republican administration. Moreover, 72% believe the current state of the economy is something the president inherited. Indeed, the Republican Party finds itself at all-time lows in our poll (25% positive rating) and in the NYT/CBS one (28%)." [NBC's First Read, 6/18/09]
Pew Research - "The job approval of Republican leaders in Congress remains at near record lows. Currently, 29% approve of the job Republican leaders in Congress are doing, while a majority (56%) disapproves. Approval ratings are little changed from March when Republican leaders received their lowest approval marks (28%) since Pew Research first began tracking the question in 1994. [Pew Research, 6/18/09]
Washington Post/ABC News - "The survey found the favorability ratings of congressional Republicans at their lowest point in polls dating back more than a decade. Obama also has significant advantages over Republican lawmakers in terms of public trust on dealing with the economy, health care, the deficit and the threat of terrorism, all despite broad-based GOP criticism of his early actions on these fronts." ... The state of the Republican Party remains grim. Just 22 percent of those surveyed identified themselves as Republicans, near April's decades-long low point." [Washington Post/ABC News, 6/22/09]
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