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The May Rasmussen trust numbers.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 27th, 2010 at 05:31 PM  | 

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There’s no article up on them yet, but the raw numbers are available here.

May 2010 April 2010
Issue Dem GOP Diff Dem GOP Diff Shift
Health Care 41% 48% (7) 41% 48% (7) -
Education 40% 43% (3) 43% 39% 4 (7)
Social Security 40% 42% (2) 40% 42% (2) -
Abortion 40% 42% (2) 40% 42% (2) -
Economy 39% 48% (9) 39% 43% (4) (5)
Taxes 36% 51% (15) 36% 51% (15) -
Iraq 36% 45% (9) 41% 44% (3) (6)
Nat’l Security 34% 51% (17) 40% 42% (2) (15)
Gov’t Ethics 33% 29% 4 34% 30% 4 -
Immigration 32% 47% (15) 38% 41% (3) (12)

Short version: 9 out of 10, and public trust in the Democrats to craft a proper immigration policy went through the floor.

Not precisely one of the Democrats’ better months; immigration wasn’t even the absolutely worse shift for them. Immigration is still of most interest here: it looks like the Democrats are on track to lose the illegal immigration debate the same way that they’ve lost the health care one – and, yes, that still seems weird to type out. Also: it would appear that, once again, ‘government ethics’ is one of those things that require constant Democratic scandals to move the needle. I think that, all things considered, I can more or less live with that for right now; which is good, because there doesn’t seem to be much of an alternative.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to Moe Lane.

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  • Stan

    that people would trust the Dems more than the GOP on the issue of “Government Ethics”… after Jefferson’s $90K in the freezer, and Dodd’s Countrywide mortgage, and all the instances of non-payment of taxes (Geithner et.al)…

    In fact, now that I think about it, I’m surprised that the numbers for BOTH parties on ethics are as high as they are…

  • ilgop24

    And shouldn’t get great ratings on ethics, but the Democrats more trusted than Republicans? Really? That’s like trusting Saddam Hussien on Human Rights.

  • annas

    no, really. Was that thrown in for comic relief or to get your attention???

  • renny

    20 states are suing over a “healthcare” reform law a majority of citizens never wanted, the central gov’t is threatening to sue the sovereign state of AZ over law the fed. refuses to obey itself, and the feds have done everything possible to ruin the Gulf States over an accidental oil spill. When a federal judge ruled against the administration’s sec. of the interior, instead of graciously moving on to help its own citizens, little o and ilk threaten to appeal the ruling or backtrack and issue another unfounded moratorium on the American energy industry.
    Has the US ever faced such conflict since the Civil War, often called the War Between the States?
    And, now, an unqualified extremist is up for the Supreme Court. Bork Kagan. 202-224/225-3121.

  • The_Rebel

    Fully 38% of those polled had no opinion on the ethics question, while the next closest no opinion question was immigration with 21% having no opinion. Voters will be making their decisions in November on the real major issues, where we have significant leads. The ethics issue will resolve itself when the voters speak on those other issues, and we have the greatest turnover in the House since 1932.

    After the election of 1936, the Republicans held but 89 seats in the House. Wouldn’t it be nice to see the Dems get down to those levels? I know-not likely. But I’d take them at 140 or so, enough for a veto-proof majority.

  • merryj1

    (On the Rasmussen-link page), that if the “partisan identification” of respondants is “Dem +3,” that would seem to indicate that more rank-and-file Democrats than Republicans were participants in the Q & A’s — which would generally seem to cause ‘Party favorability’ to reflect better for the Dems?

  • dvdmsr

    will cause the public’s trust of Democrats on immigration to plummet in the coming months.

  • earlgrey

    I feel like we are all in a foxhole, and things are getting pretty nasty out there. Rest and Reload.

    I hope I didn’t offend any nonbelievers out there. I don’t mean to be preachy.

  • cactusjack

    As are many I find myself encouraged by the polling and other visible signs that the Dem/statists are going to lose seats in Congress come Nov. But then I had a disturbing flashback from real history. Do you all remember how hard the Dems+MSM worked on the ground, in 2000, to turn Florida from an honest close loss (for them), to a “close win” and a stolen election hence a stolen country? Ethics, morals, propriety, dignity, or what’s right for the country, were nowhere in their thought process. Their only calculus was pure power, their only means, thuggery on the ground relying on MSM for cover. We had b etter be prepared for that. Maybe that is one place an RNC can be useful, to have the legal brigades marshalled. Believe me if there are close elections to be stolen, our opponents are still the masters.

  • Adjoran

    This is their fourth year of control of both House and Senate in Congress, and their second year of control of the White House as well.

    Who is stupid enough to look upon what they’ve done, at home, abroad, on the high seas, and believe they are worthy of trust in ANY area? I blame the public schools.

  • merryj1

    A very deceptive mainstream media. A lot of people, perhaps a majority, are disinterested in politics, pay minimal attention, and get all or nearly all of their news and views from Network news or late-night comedians.

    And I’d bet the ranch that every last one of these dismally-uninformed citizens pulls the “D” lever if or when they vote.

  • merryj1

    A very deceptive mainstream media. A lot of people, perhaps a majority, are disinterested in politics, pay minimal attention, and get all or nearly all of their news and views from Network news or late-night comedians.

    And I’d bet the ranch that every last one of these dismally-uninformed citizens pulls the “D” lever if or when they vote.

  • http://www.examiner.com/x-1597-Charlotte-Law--Politics-Examiner Mike gamecock DeVine

    is well underway, much like it was in the late 70s and I expect similar results and for the lesson to stick better this time because this time, there are no boll weevils that Reagan scared into voting right. The Dems own the economy. The GOP will re-gain the majority.