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Rasmussen
What They Told
Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 39%, Republicans 38%
25% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
27% Consumers Say Finances are Improving
These are not happy times for President Obama and his party, although
it’s far from clear if Republicans can capitalize on that.
One-in-three voters (32%) think the president should be impeached and
removed from office. But most voters think electing an opposition
Congress is the better way to halt or change his policies.
However, as Kyle Kondik points out in his commentary this week, that
may be easier said than done, requiring Republicans to do something
they haven’t done since 1980.
The GOP needs a net gain of six seats to take charge of the Senate, but
more voters than ever think U.S. elections are rigged to favor
incumbents.
Democrats have just a one-point edge on the latest Generic
Congressional Ballot, but they’ve held a narrow lead on the ballot for
most weeks this year.
On the plus side for the GOP, favorable views of the president’s new
national health care law now tie their low for the year. Only 11% say
they have been helped by Obamacare.
Then there’s the wave of young illegal immigrants that’s hit our
southern border in recent weeks. Most voters want to send them home as
quickly as possible, while the Obama administration searches for places
to move these illegals all over the country. But even Maryland’s
liberal Governor Martin O’Malley who has his eye on the presidency has
told Obama not to ship them to his state. That’s no surprise since 57%
of voters nationwide oppose housing these illegal immigrants in their
home state...
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