The minority party in Congress, republicans, are elated over the all time low public opinion polls believing the democrats are getting all the blame. According to a July 1st survey of likely voters by Rasmussen, only 9% of respondents said Congress is doing a good or excellent job, while 52% said Congress was doing a poor job. Republicans are anxious to blame democrats for the poor ratings since they control Congress.
It’s true that the democratic Congress passed a health care bill even though most Americans didn’t want them to do so. Those numbers give the impression to most people that the democrats are going to suffer at the polls this fall. But that’s not the case according to Rasmussen’s Generic Congressional Ballot. It indicates that democrats still enjoy a 12% point lead despite the negative views of Congress as a whole.
Republicans face another problem. A fair share of those polled still thought the republicans control Congress. There are two potential problems facing us this Fall. First, will the news media in general stop it’s biased reporting? Reporters aren’t elected. It’s not their job to spin stories. Just the facts. Please just the facts. Second, will we the people take advantage of the wonderful free voting system our founders bequeathed us, or will we stay home on election day? There are billions of people in this world who would love to have the opportunity to participate in free elections. Voting for the candidates of our choice is a privilege we should not ignore!
This is Carl Ramsey and that’s Another View of the News.
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