Political Poll experiment...
lilwing88
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You know how you always hear about this poll or that poll and you think to yourself, "Who takes these polls, cuz I've never been asked for my opinion?" Well, I just thought it'd be fun to take a poll here. This is an actual poll from Rasmussen. I know, it's a right leaning poll, which is why I used it. This way, you can see for yourself how the results lean.....
Here ya go:
1 - In political terms, is Barack Obama more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
2 - In political terms, is the average Republican in Congress more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
3 - In political terms, is the average Democrat in Congress more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
4 - Would it be more accurate to describe the agenda of Republicans in Congress as mainstream or extreme?
5 - Would it be more accurate to describe the agenda of Democrats in Congress as mainstream or extreme?
Here ya go:
1 - In political terms, is Barack Obama more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
2 - In political terms, is the average Republican in Congress more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
3 - In political terms, is the average Democrat in Congress more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
4 - Would it be more accurate to describe the agenda of Republicans in Congress as mainstream or extreme?
5 - Would it be more accurate to describe the agenda of Democrats in Congress as mainstream or extreme?
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2. More conservative
3. More liberal to about the same
4. Extreme
5. Mainstream-----but by a thread
2. About the same
3. more liberal.
4. Mainstream
5. Extreme
2. More liberal
3. more liberal.
4. Mainstream
5. Extreme
2) Depends on the Repub; can't say
3) Almost all more liberal, but some/very few are the same, depending on the issue
4) Mainstream, except for the Ron Paul types
5) Depends on the Dem; Pelosi is a nutjob, but Lieberman is mainstream
Biggest difference between Dem or Repub when it comes to the budget, is this: traditionally over the past few decades (eg - from before Reagan to around the last yr of G.W.Bush's 2nd term), spending has been around 18-20% of Gross Domestic Product, the size of the economy, somewhere north of $14 trill - so around $2.5 trillion (assuming no active wars). Under Obama, spending has increased to around 24% of GDP. Republicans see the proper baseline amount of Gov't spending as being around 18-20% of GDP - what it's traditionally been. Dems see the proper baseline amount of Gov't spending as 23-24%, or what has been typical under Obama ($3.5 - $3.6 trill, this yrs proposed budget).
1) Lieberman has always been a Dem his entire life, until his last election, when he lost the nomination but won the election. He counts as a Dem, especially since he caucuses with them. If you'll remember, he was recently a Vice Presidential candidate for the Dems and loved by them until he sided with Bush on Iraq and became a pariah of the Left
2) You're wrong about Obama and the wars. Bush waged two wars for about 7 yrs - it took him 8 years to hike the debt by $2.5 trillion. Obama, who inherited the wars after most of the fighting was done, has hiked the debt by over $2 trillion in just his first year alone.
3) Your point about the recession is incorrect - when the economy dips, it's true the TOTAL amount dips, but the PERCENTAGE, 18-20%, remains about the same.
4) I'm still right about where Repubs see proper baseline spending and where the Dems see it - 18% vs 24% is a large difference, and the two views are irreconcilable
5) This isn't Obama vs Bush, or who's the better President - this is about numbers from one year to the next, and they aren't in Obama's favor. You're entitled to your own opinion about what the proper amount of spending should be, but not your own facts.
1st graph is from Wikipedia, which got it from a US Gov't/CBO report. 2nd image is from US Government Spending. Enjoy.
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2. More conservative
3. More conservative
4. Mainstream
5. Mainstream
Gandhi type here. Note: Mainstream does not mean good.
2 - About the same?
3 - More liberal than I am.
4 - Mainstream
5 - Extreme
2 - more liberal
3 - more liberal
4 - mainstream
5 - mainstream
These are just guesses, I have no idea how liberal or conservative the "average" anyone is. IMO they're all below average anyway.
1 - In political terms, is Barack Obama more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
90% say Obama is more liberal, 10% say more conservative, 0% say about the same
2 - In political terms, is the average Republican in Congress more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
50% say more liberal, 20% say more conservative, 30% say about the same
3 - In political terms, is the average Democrat in Congress more conservative than you are, more liberal than you are or about the same?
90% say more liberal, 10% say more conservative, 0% say about the same
4 - Would it be more accurate to describe the agenda of Republicans in Congress as mainstream or extreme?
90% say mainstream, 10% say extreme
5 - Would it be more accurate to describe the agenda of Democrats in Congress as mainstream or extreme?
20% say mainstream, 80% say extreme
I'd like to keep this going, so if more people wanna participate I'll adjust the results as it goes.....
Gallup puts Obama in a dead heat with an unnamed Republican contender, but Obama pulls ahead by a few percentage points when names like Romeny, Gingrich (who's compaign is almost certainly over), Pawlenty, etc start coming into the mix: http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx
And before it gets said again - I love polls and graphs - I'm a political junkie