Republicans All Alone in Viewing the Economy as in Good Shape

Gallup ^ | 3/21/06 | Frank Newport

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PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans continue to resist giving the nation's economy positive ratings, regardless of what so-called "hard" economic indicators may show. Only about a third of Americans rate the current economy as excellent or good and 6 out of 10 say the economy is getting worse, not better. In general, these ratings are slightly worse than earlier this year, although still not as negative as they were early last fall after Hurricane Katrina and the rapid run-up in the price of gasoline. Views of the economy remain highly partisan, with Republicans the most positive, Democrats most negative, and independents somewhere in the middle. Independents in particular have become more negative in their views of the economy this year, and now are much closer to the negative attitudes of Democrats than to the more rosy views of Republicans.

Basic Indicators

Gallup routinely measures two basic indicators of consumer views of the national economy: ratings of current economic conditions, and views as to whether the economy is getting better or getting worse. The trends on both are presented in these graphs:

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They are certainly trying. They are imploding nonetheless.

[The_Victor]

Views of the economy remain highly partisan, with Republicans the most positive, Democrats most negative, and independents somewhere in the middle.

Which means people aren't basing their view of the economy on numbers, but on rhetoric. The media wing of the DNC, aka the MSM, is doing their part to help get their people elected.

[pissant]

Bingo. Best War since the Revolution. Best Economy in History. Most popular president ever.....

[pissant]

Yep. A Gallup specialty

[pissant]

I think the Prez will do that today.

[rightinthemiddle]

Actually, I was thinking about adding "The Media Lies."

[The South Texan]

"Could it be because most Independents are actually Democrats??"

Ding, Ding !! We have a winner. I got a feeling that polls more than ever are skewed ( on purpose) because alot of Liberal/Rat types like to hide behind the "Independent" label. A good pollster would just eliminate that option all together and make someone declare their leanings one way or another.

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As always.

[Diddle E. Squat]

6) The administration's amazing communications ineptitude. Exhibit A is Scott McClellen, but he is just one of the problems.

President Bush: The vision of Reagan, the effectiveness of Carter.

[Huck]

Hilarious! Who knew the lost city of Atlantis was Bush's fault!

I was told that many, many Americans who are currently incarnated had lives on Atlantis. (I've heard this other places as well.) What I hadn't heard was that both George Bush Sr. & George Bush Jr. were extremely powerful priests on Atlantis, and they were part of the problem that caused Atlantis to sink.

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I have a term for women like her, but I'd be banned from using it. It's initials are SC.

[JohnLongIsland]

if you think your economic condition is not up to snuff, work harder.

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And most idiotic dems read the MSM, thinking they get the truth.

[Mo1]

because alot of Liberal/Rat types like to hide behind the "Independent" label

Yes they do

There are legit independents .. but more liberals today are signing up as independents

[hedgetrimmer]

Come Sunday, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s residential customers will see, on average, an 11.1 percent increase in the price they pay for electricity.

The increase in their natural gas costs will be worse. Those are expected to soar in January to levels 43.4 percent higher than they were a year ago, extending a three-month run-up in gas prices.

The result: The average PG&E customer will face a combined bill of $224.06 in January, compared with $175.22 a year ago.

[RightWingAtheist]

It's a real laugh-a-word, isn'it? :-)

I'd been trying for several months to make it a Googlebomb (so that the next time a smug liberal feels lucky about the term "reality based community", they come face-to-face with the anti-reason, anti-science left) but Google and DU are apparently in cahoots, and now, you can't directly access DU's Astrology, Stupidity and Alternative Moonbattery through a simple Google search.

[pissant]

With the rejoinder: the media is dying.

[rattrap]

You should put number 4 in all 5 spots, if the price of gas doesn't fall Republicans will pay for it this year.

The facts don't matter, as long as Joe and Suzy Voter see prices as high as they are it's going to hurt.

[pissant]

That sucks. Just put on a sweater.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

If for some strange reason, the Dems do take the house and Senate back this fall, they will be stupid enough to attempt impeachment. The ensuing RASH of hearings, investigations, rhetoric, etc... will make the public dislike the Democrats nasty and hateful nature so much that the even the MSM will not be able to conceal it.

(God forbid!)