RonPaulFanInGA
05-13-2011, 09:38 PM
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/161053-poll-public-opposed-to-raising-debt-ceiling-
The public remains opposed to raising the nation's debt ceiling as lawmakers struggle to develop a plan to hike the legal borrowing limit, a new poll released Friday shows.
Forty-seven percent say they don't want their member of Congress to vote to raise the limit, compared to 19 percent who do. Thirty-four percent say they don't know enough to say, according to a Gallup poll (http://www.gallup.com/poll/147524/Americans-Oppose-Raising-Debt-Ceiling.aspx).
GOP leaders, meanwhile, are facing tremendous pressure from their base not to raise the debt ceiling: Republicans polled don't want it hiked by a whopping 70-8 percent.
Independets, a critical voting bloc for both parties in 2012, oppose raising the debt ceiling 46-15 percent. Democrats say they want it raised by a margin of 33-26 percent.
Gallup conducted a telephone survey of 1,018 adults between May 5-8. The margin of error is four percentage points.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/147524/Americans-Oppose-Raising-Debt-Ceiling.aspx
The public remains opposed to raising the nation's debt ceiling as lawmakers struggle to develop a plan to hike the legal borrowing limit, a new poll released Friday shows.
Forty-seven percent say they don't want their member of Congress to vote to raise the limit, compared to 19 percent who do. Thirty-four percent say they don't know enough to say, according to a Gallup poll (http://www.gallup.com/poll/147524/Americans-Oppose-Raising-Debt-Ceiling.aspx).
GOP leaders, meanwhile, are facing tremendous pressure from their base not to raise the debt ceiling: Republicans polled don't want it hiked by a whopping 70-8 percent.
Independets, a critical voting bloc for both parties in 2012, oppose raising the debt ceiling 46-15 percent. Democrats say they want it raised by a margin of 33-26 percent.
Gallup conducted a telephone survey of 1,018 adults between May 5-8. The margin of error is four percentage points.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/147524/Americans-Oppose-Raising-Debt-Ceiling.aspx