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Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 41%, Republicans 40%
Rasmussen Reports ^ | 1/30/12

Posted on 01/30/2012 3:21:31 PM PST by KansasGirl

For the first time in roughly two-and-a-half years, Democrats lead Republicans on the Generic Congressional Ballot, this time for the week ending Sunday, Jan. 29.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 41% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Democrat in their district’s congressional race if the election were held today, while 40% would choose the Republican instead.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012polls
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1 posted on 01/30/2012 3:21:36 PM PST by KansasGirl
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To: KansasGirl

What a nightmare. How can the people NOT see that the democrats haven’t even passed a budget in the Senate in over 1000 days?


2 posted on 01/30/2012 3:22:45 PM PST by bolobaby
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To: KansasGirl

This is very scary. The Republican Leadershp has a way of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.


3 posted on 01/30/2012 3:24:04 PM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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To: KansasGirl

Is there anywhere else to go? The US is not the US I knew.


4 posted on 01/30/2012 3:24:12 PM PST by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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To: bolobaby

They don’t know becase the MSM does not report it. The MSM do not see it as worth mentioning.


5 posted on 01/30/2012 3:25:13 PM PST by KansasGirl (Romney to Santorum: Obamneycare "nothing to get angry about".)
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To: bolobaby

Because our media is hard core Marxist, the schools are hard core Marxists and 50% of Americans are on the dole. Blueprint for FULL Marxism.


6 posted on 01/30/2012 3:25:35 PM PST by whitedog57
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To: bolobaby

They don’t know becase the MSM does not report it. The MSM does not see it as worth mentioning.


7 posted on 01/30/2012 3:25:53 PM PST by KansasGirl (Romney to Santorum: Obamneycare "nothing to get angry about".)
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To: KansasGirl

TEA Party’s fault (/s)


8 posted on 01/30/2012 3:26:54 PM PST by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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To: KansasGirl

We are SO screwed..if the Dems get control of everything again this country is done. This and the GOP pimping Romney, absolutely disgusted where we are headed


9 posted on 01/30/2012 3:31:39 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Steelfish
this is also due in a large part to the connotation that is now being atttributed to republicans in general for the way the establishment has unloaded on their own (newt) via the romney carpet bombing
10 posted on 01/30/2012 3:31:52 PM PST by ldish (Looking forward to Independence Day)
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To: Steelfish
this is also due in a large part to the connotation that is now being atttributed to republicans in general for the way the establishment has unloaded on their own (newt) via the romney carpet bombing
11 posted on 01/30/2012 3:32:15 PM PST by ldish (Looking forward to Independence Day)
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To: KansasGirl

Doesn’t everyone want Nancy Pelosi back in power?

On a more serious note, if the GOP were not numbnuts, I could reduce the poll to 20% democrat and keep it there. They have members of Congress who are out and out radical marxists but oh no we wouldn’t want to say anything about that. Next how about Pelosi/Reid personal family corruption? Too impolite.

I once suggested to a GOP legislator that I would like them to get tougher with the democrats. I can only describe the reaction being as if he had just been approached by a babbling, mentally disadvantaged child. That was the level of his condescendence at the mere suggestion.


12 posted on 01/30/2012 3:33:33 PM PST by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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simple- because the GOP fights like little girls, bends over to the rats and does not force people to see the truth...they just assume everyone is going to understand whats going on....


13 posted on 01/30/2012 3:34:17 PM PST by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: KansasGirl
It's actually very normal for this swing to happen. At least 10% of the electorate will always say that they will vote for the other party unless their nominee gets the nod but then only 2%-3% actually do.

Obama has boxed himself in and he will lose. When the GOP nominee is picked then all they have to ask the people is, “are you better off than you were 4 years ago?”. When Obama tries to corner the GOP in congress then all they have to say is “Obama was President. Blame him and the idiots that voted for him”.

14 posted on 01/30/2012 3:44:59 PM PST by tobyhill (Obama, The Biggest Thief In American History)
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To: KansasGirl

I believe the numbers for republicans would be a lot higher without Boner and the likes. I have a feeling there were a lot of “none of the above” responses that weren’t counted.


15 posted on 01/30/2012 3:48:33 PM PST by Terry Mross (We need a second party.)
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To: KansasGirl

I’d be willing to bet that 41% of voters don’t even know who their congressman is.


16 posted on 01/30/2012 3:53:17 PM PST by Argus
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To: KansasGirl

Assmussin and a##holes together again.


17 posted on 01/30/2012 3:54:34 PM PST by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: KansasGirl
The MSM do not see it as worth mentioning.

Kinda...They don't mention it because it would kick THEIR party's arse in three. These people are NOT media over lords, they are party first (democrat), country somewhere way down the list after the pet liberal causes oriented people. Think 1930's Germany.

18 posted on 01/30/2012 4:02:09 PM PST by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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19 posted on 01/30/2012 4:06:54 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: bolobaby

“How can the people NOT see that the democrats haven’t even passed a budget in the Senate in over 1000 days?”

There is a “core” of Americans now receiving entitlements that probably bottoms out around the 40% level. And many (not all) are what might be called “permanent democrats”. No amount of logic, reason, truth or persuasion is ever going to dislodge their political loyalties. So the “41%” number should be regarded as a baseline, a starting point.

It’s the “persuadable” 19% in that poll, not proclaiming an affiliation either way, that we have to work on.


20 posted on 01/30/2012 4:08:42 PM PST by Road Glide
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