Human Rights Campaign: Fighting hard for the Democratic Party

[dust1n]

I didn't read any of that into Rick's post though. If there are 5 parties, then the winning party could be victorious by only 1% of the vote which would make the total 21% of the ballots cast.

As far as approval ratings, they can be useful for looking at long term trends. For the short term, however, they vary greatly depending on who is doing the polling, how it's being done, and who is polled. Popular opinion can swing drastically and isn't always anchored to political situations.

Rasmussen's reporting that 28% strongly approve of Obama while 43% strongly disapprove.

If a guy has just been denied approval for a controversial medical treatment, he is likely to say he isn't happy with Obama even thought the decision had nothing to do with policy. I've spent the last 2 months working for local political campaigns, and I see it everyday. The main candidate I'm volunteering for is a democrat, and the people we're talking to are overwhelming democrats (go figure, huh?); I've ran across many who say they're either not voting or voting republican because they're "not happy with Obama". Ask them why, and they can't give a solid answer; they just describe how they are worse off than they were under Bush.

It's exactly the same situation as republicans supporting the Tea Party; they aren't happy and the sitting officials are bearing the brunt of it.

Very interesting post. This really shows the idiocy of American voters.

It is sad that the majority of people who vote don't actually know why or what they are voting for or not voting for. Obama doesn't even have anything to do with local elections!

It's maddening the reasons behind voter motivation.

 

[Tarheeler]

Very interesting post. This really shows the idiocy of American voters.

It is sad that the majority of people who vote don't actually know why or what they are voting for or not voting for. Obama doesn't even have anything to do with local elections!

It's maddening the reasons behind voter motivation.

Exactly.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

UK has FPTP and more than two parties. Political theory seems a bit off there.

Same with Canada. We currently have 4 parties with seats in the national legislature. We had 5 in recent memory.

 

[linwood]

A leader with 21% of the vote has little popular support.

That leader will lack the political clout to accomplish much.

By extension, the government will accomplish little.

Most of the governments major activities are bad anyway.

So yes, i like a fairly unpopular leader.

I`m with Gunfingers.

 

[Panda]

Same with Canada. We currently have 4 parties with seats in the national legislature. We had 5 in recent memory.

We have 10 parties with seats in the commons.

 

[Smoke]

Rasmussen's reporting that 28% strongly approve of Obama while 43% strongly disapprove.

Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.
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If a guy has just been denied approval for a controversial medical treatment, he is likely to say he isn't happy with Obama even thought the decision had nothing to do with policy. I've spent the last 2 months working for local political campaigns, and I see it everyday.

The problem with America is that the average American is dumb as a box of rocks. Most people know more about American Idol and celebrity gossip than they know about government. It's one reason I hold out little hope for improvement.

 

[Tarheeler]

Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.​

I'm not trying to argue the point with you, just showing how much variation can occur by changing a few words. Change "somewhat" to "strongly" (which most people won't even notice), and it's a whole new, and very different, set of numbers.

The problem with America is that the average American is dumb as a box of rocks. Most people know more about American Idol and celebrity gossip than they know about government. It's one reason I hold out little hope for improvement.

Very true.

 

[Mercy Not Sacrifice]

I`m with Gunfingers.

With all due respect, perhaps you might be confusing the situation in Congress with the situation of the presidency?

 

[linwood]

With all due respect, perhaps you might be confusing the situation in Congress with the situation of the presidency?

Perhaps.

It is my belief that when American leadership accomplishes nothing the American people are generally better off than when they actually meet the goals they set.

I understand that this stalled status quo cannot be held at the present time but that's because the last republican congress and admin actual blew the status quo by meeting their goals.
By meeting their goals they've come dangerously close to irreparably harming my country.
Now this new admin and congress must actually meet it's goals in order to attempt to repair as much of the damage as they can.

The American people would have been much better off if they had all simply remained as impotent as they historically had been.

Sad but true.