Thursday, June 2, 2011

Support For Republican Policies and Lawmakers Support Diminishing/Obama Gains in Florida

If you are following the latest polling information from key polling indicators, the latest information suggests the Republican election grab during the 2010 election cycle is diminishing.  Since Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives they have seen support for the Ryan budget plan fall flat.  The simple explanation for this is that the American people are not going to support cutting the top marginal tax rates for wealthy income earners  to 25% which is part of the Ryan Budget while turning an efficient program like Medicare into a privatized voucher system.  Working middle class families also realize the undue burden they will face with loss of medicare benefits and more tax cuts for the wealthy.  Additionally, they are opposed to the drastic spending cut proposals that have been initiated by  Republican Governors and Republican controlled state legislatures.  Drastic cuts to public education and other necessary public services at the state and federal level is being seen as detrimental to the majority of Americans who are working families.   In swing states like Ohio and Florida, critical states in a Presidential election cycle, a recent poll by Quinnipiac University found that former Health Care HMO CEO Rick Scott turned Florida Governor has a 57% disapproval rating and a 29% approval rating which is a jump from the 44% approval versus 35 % disapproval rating conducted in April.   The Quinnipiac polling results showed a steady rise in the approval rating for President Obama in Florida.  Obama now has an approval rating of 51% versus 44% in their polling conducted in April.  Voters in Ohio have boosted the disapproval ratings of Governor John Kasich by 3% since April polling by Quinnipiac.  Governor Kasich has a disapproval rating of 49-38% compared to the 46-30% polling in March. 
Rasmussen polling reports that support for the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives is waning.  Rasmussen reports that for the tenth straight week the results for the generic congressional ballot show a decline in support for Republicans.  Since late March the margin of support has been a narrow 41-44%.  Before that it ranged between 45 or 46%. 

Web Links to the Polling:

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1601

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1297.xml?ReleaseID=1605

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/generic_congressional_ballot

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