southjerseyhappenings

Poor, poor Democrats

 

Ground Zero mosque controversy grows, Democrats plummet in polls

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 2:20 p.m.

By David A. Patten

 

With just 78 days before the midterm elections, Republicans have seized an all-time record lead in generic party preference — a clear signal that Democrats are running out of time to resolve the ground zero mosque controversy and get back on message if they hope to avoid a political train wreck in November.

Democratic pollster and Fox News commentator Douglas Schoen calls the latest polls "very bad" for Democrats.

"With these numbers, the House is almost certainly gone and the Senate is very much in play," Schoen tells Newsmax.

Continued: http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/ground-zero-mosque-democrats-polls-obama-christie-bloomberg/2010/08/17/id/367715?s=al&promo_code=A85C-1

 

Rasmussen poll

Poll: More Think Obama Stimulus Hurt Employment Than Helped

Monday, July 5, 2010
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer

(CNSNews.com) – A plurality of Americans believe President Barack Obama’s stimulus package has harmed economic growth, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released on Friday. 

Less than a third, 29 percent, believe the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus package, improved the economy. Meanwhile, 43 percent believe it hurt the economy.

Continued: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/68960

 

No second-term

Gallup: Majority doesn't want Obama re-elected

A majority of Americans do not think President Barack Obama should win re-election, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup says that 51 percent of the registered voters surveyed say "no," 46 percent say "yes" and 3 percent don't know.

Continued: http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/gallup-obama-reelection-independents/2010/06/18/id/362442?s=al&promo_code=A1BA-1

Born in the USA?

Poll shocker! Majority wants Obama records

Maintain president should be chased from office if he doesn't come clean

Posted: May 31, 2010
8:37 p,m, Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

Editor's note: This is another in a series of monthly "WND/WENZEL POLLS" conducted exclusively for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies.

At a time when Barack Obama is getting heat for stonewalling informationabout an alleged administration bribery scandal, a new poll shows more Americans than ever suspect the president is hiding information about his own background and want him to come clean.

Questions about Obama's eligibility to be president, exacerbated by his refusal to answer questions, release ordinary background documentation and his extraordinary legal maneuvers to keep his background hidden, have been on the radar of a number of top-level investigative reporters and news organizations since before his election.

Continued: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=159317

Poll survey

Majority of Americans believe future of 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' should be left up to military commanders, Zogby Poll finds

Thursday, May 27, 2010
By Nick Dean

(CNSNews.com) – Fifty-nine (59) percent of Americans think military leaders, rather than Congress, should be making the decision about the military policy on homosexuality, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Family Research Center.

The Zogby International telephone survey, which was conducted May 17, asked 2,063 people: "As pertains to homosexuals openly serving in the military, do you believe this decision is best made by military leaders or Congress?"

Continued: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/66728

Trust in government...where is it?

Poll: 4 out of 5 Americans don't trust Washington

By Liz Sidotti

AP National Political Writer

Monday April 19, 6:29 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON – America's "Great Compromiser" Henry Clay called government "the great trust," but most Americans today have little faith in Washington's ability to deal with the nation's problems.

Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say they don't trust the federal government and have little faith it can solve America's ills, the survey found.

Continued: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100419/ap_on_go_ot/us_government_distrust;_ylt=AiXiOx_dG4s8zgeJLQuamFl0fNdF

Obamacare not right for the country, says poll

 

Poll: Almost two-thirds of U.S. oppose health law

Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:13 a.m.

By Dan Weil

Almost two-thirds of Americans believe the new healthcare law is too expensive and gives too much authority to the government for healthcare, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll.

That could be bad news for Democrats in November’s congressional elections.

Supporters "are not only going to have to focus on implementing this kind of major reform," Robert Blendon, a Harvard professor of health policy and political analysis, told the paper.

Continued: http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/Poll-Two-Thirds-Oppose-Health-Law/2010/03/31/id/354336?s=al&promo_code=9AAC-1

Repeal is urged

 

Rasmussen: 54% Favor Repeal of Healthcare

Monday, March 29, 2010, 2:24 p.m.

One week after the House passed the Democratic healthcare plan that President Obama subsequently signed into law, 54 percent of the nation's likely voters still favor repealing the law.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42 percent oppose repeal.

Continued: http://newsmax.com/Newsfront/poll-healthcare-repeal-majority/2010/03/29/id/354146?s=al&promo_code=9A8D-1 

Election 2010

 

How is Pelosi faring in her own backyard?

WND/Wenzel takes 1st poll on speaker since 'Obamacare' turned into U.S. law 

Posted: March 27, 2010
12:10 am Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

While pundits are forecasting a significant number of Democrat members of Congress could lose their seats over their support for the party's health-care reform plan, "cap and trade," "amnesty" for illegal aliens and other legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi most likely will be returned to Washington this fall.

The resentment against the adoption by Congress of a plan that will require consumers to purchase

government-approved health insurance programs or face financial penalties – a precedent for a nation built on the free market – is boiling already.

Continued: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=132569