Most voters still believe President Obama is more liberal than they are, while just one-out-of-four say they share the same ideological views as the president.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters think Obama is more ideologically liberal than they are, while only 13% view him as more conservative. Twenty-four percent (24%) say their political views are about the same as the president's. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The number who see the president as more liberal than they are stayed at 57% in three-out-of-four previous surveys conducted since August of last year. That number climbed to 61% in late February. The number who view the president as more conservative ranged from nine percent (9%) to 12% in that same period.
The number of voters who say they share about the same political views as the president ties the lowest result measured since August and, interestingly, compares exactly with the number who say the same of Congress. Only 24% of voters hold about the same ideological views as the average Republican member of Congress, and another 24% feel that way about the views of the average Democratic congressman.
Only 24% Say They Share Obama's Political Views - Rasmussen Reports™
the 'money quote' being the part I highlighted shows a serious problem for Obama as he starts out his bid for re election. If only 13% of the country agrees with you, I'd say you are in trouble.
What say you all?
j-mac
the 'money quote' being the part I highlighted shows a serious problem for Obama as he starts out his bid for re election. If only 13% of the country agrees with you, I'd say you are in trouble.
What say you all?
the 'money quote' being the part I highlighted shows a serious problem for Obama as he starts out his bid for re election. If only 13% of the country agrees with you, I'd say you are in trouble.
What say you all?
I think that's accurate, doesn't surprise me at all.
However there's a big difference between the President's views and his actions.
I would really like to know what percentage of the country have their politics lined up with the GOP candidates.
IOW, Obama is a liar.....I agree.
j-mac
IOW, Obama is a liar.....I agree.
j-mac
I say you don't know how to read a poll report?
13%?? Better check your math.
Alex, I will take Dishonest Spin And Irony for 600.
Calling a politician a liar seems rather redundant.
Well, I did get that part wrong. Thanks for pointing that out. But the real scary number for you Hazlnut, should be the 54% of "Likely voters" that do not want you in.
j-mac
Do you believe that Obama is a truthful President Red?
j-mac
I think that is tough to say at this moment. Too early and all. And for the record Sam, I am not usually one to rely on polls, but I found this one interesting that so many liberals are mad at the President today, some for not going far enough, and some, if not a majority think that he is a liar. No wonder he feels he needs such a big war chest of money this time around....Deflect and distract you know.
The is for the GOP to avoid the rock-star candidate and choose someone someone sensible and serious.
Does this have anything to do with what I said? You took a comment saying one thing, spun it into something entirely different, and now are trying to spin again.
Rather, they're going to have to be wary of douchebag candidates who are going to call Obama the worst President 3V4R for implementing socialist communist Marxist Nazi Kenyan anti-colonialist anarchist tyrannical policies without detailing their own detailed choices for policies on certain issues.
I think that's accurate, doesn't surprise me at all.
However there's a big difference between the President's views and his actions.
IOW, Obama is a liar.....I agree.
j-mac
You'll have to explain to me where I did such...
j-mac
Oh, wait a minute here. I think you are setting up a situation where only Obama can use attacks to campaign on.
Listen, most people don't have the first clue concerning the complexity of issues that are boiled down to sound bytes on a regular basis. So it is just a little more than unfair to expect them to formulate an opinion that someone like us in forums like this who live, breath, and discuss politics daily.
This is why the media is such a strong tool, and when that has openly gone as biased as it has, then it is really screwed up.
Not acting on your views is not the same thing as being a liar. There can be several reasons to not act on your views. Those views may not be a good thing to implement all at once, those views may not be what you ran on, those views may be something that would never pass congress, and so on.
Red said:...Those views may not be a good thing to implement all at once
those views may be something that would never pass congress
and so on.
You are massively misrepresenting my post.
In NO way did I ever say that it was okay for Obama to attack GOPers but it wasn't okay for GOPers to attack back. In fact, nowhere in my post did I say that it was okay for Obama to make unfounded attacks to anybody at all, or that it was okay for Obama to attack anybody at all.
My post didn't address what Obama should do at all. Your reading of my post to interpret it in that way only shows your own incredibly partisan bias in all of this.
In no way did I ever state that a GOP candidate cannot make an attack against Obama that's actually rooted in reality and rationality.
So I would appreciate it if you'd stop claiming I said things that I didn't actually say.
There is some truth to that. However, I don't see what particular bearing this has on this particular issue. Please go more into depth on that.
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