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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: haqihana who wrote (22118)	1/16/2002 1:33:12 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Reality check: Poll: Democrats losing ground ....More Americans, 61%, have a favorable view of the Republican Party; 55% have a favorable view of the Democratic Party. That erases a 9-point Democrat edge just before the Sept. 11 attacks. And if the fall congressional elections were held today, 46% say they would vote for the Republican candidate in their district, 43% for the Democrat. That's counter to history. The party not in power in the White House usually gains congressional seats in off-year elections. But there is a bigger gap on issues. When the poll asked which party would do a better job on specific issues, Republicans had huge leads on defense (65%-24%), combating terrorism (61%-23%) and foreign affairs (56%-30%) The GOP had smaller advantages on taxes (52%-40%), the economy (47%-41%) and the federal budget deficit (47%-41%). Democrats were preferred on health — prescription drug help for seniors (56%-32%), Social Security and Medicare (53%-36%) and a patients' bill of rights (54%-32%). Meanwhile, the collapse of energy giant Enron has not hurt Bush's standing, so far his job approval is 83%, down just 1 point from 84% a week ago, before news that the company had contacted several White House officials as it neared bankruptcy. The public is judging Enron officials more harshly than the Bush administration: 10% said the administration did something illegal, and 36% said it did something unethical but not illegal. But 42% said Enron officials did something illegal, and 29% said they did something unethical but not illegal.... usatoday.com Other poll findings: Most want Bush to have more influence over the direction of the country this year than Democrats in Congress, 59%-36%. Bush's approach to budget and taxes is preferred over the Democrats, 50%-38%.