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Feenix566
09-04-2009, 01:12 PM
Republican Voters Say GOP Reps in Congress Still Out of Touch
Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republican voters say their party’s representatives in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters nationwide over the past several years. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 18% of GOP voters believe their elected officials have done a good job representing the base.

Most Republican voters (55%) say that the average Republican in Congress is more liberal than the average Republican voter. Twenty-four percent (24%) say the average Republican in Congress holds views about the same as the average Republican voter while just 17% think the Congressional Republicans are more conservative than GOP voters.

Republican voters overwhelmingly believe it is more important for the party to stand for what it believes in rather than trying to work with President Barack Obama. Eighty-four percent (84%) of Republicans hold that view while just 14% favor more co-operation with the President.

As for voters not affiliated with either major party, 58% say the GOP should stand for what it believes in while 33% would like to see more cooperation with the President. Seventy-one percent (71%) of unaffiliated voters believe the Republicans in Congress have lost touch with their base and a plurality of unaffiliateds (41%) believe that the average Republican in Congress is more liberal than the average Republican voters.


http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2009/republican_voters_say_gop_reps_in_congress_still_o ut_of_touch

kahless
09-04-2009, 01:22 PM
They should just get it over with already and change the name of the Republican party to the Democratic party and the the Democratic party change to the Socialist Workers party. That is really where things stand unless we have a good purging of these RINOS.

Suprising that Rasmussen is actually reporting this.

Feenix566
09-04-2009, 02:25 PM
Rasmussen is where the politicians get their news. Pay attention to what they report. Politicians form their platforms based on what will get them elected. If more voters care about economic issues than any other, then that's what you'll hear the politicians talk about.