Poll: House GOP's Obama Lawsuit Could Backfire By Turning Out Dems

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from TPM:


___ Democratic voters are more motivated than Republicans to back their candidates after the House GOP authorized a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, a new poll shows.

The McClatchy/Marist poll found that 88 percent of Democrats said the lawsuit, which challenges some of Obama's execution actions on Obamacare, made them more likely to vote for a Democrat in the midterm election. Republicans, by comparison, were 78 percent more likely to vote for a GOP candidate.

Among the ideological bases, liberals were 72 percent more likely to vote for a Democrat because of the lawsuit, according to the poll, while conservatives were 63 percent more likely to vote for a Republican.

Overall, 58 percent of voters said the House should not sue Obama over his executive actions. Democrats were almost uniformly against it (87 percent oppose; 8 percent support), while Republicans were more divided (57 percent support; 34 percent oppose).


read: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/poll-democratic-voters-gop-lawsuit-obama

[leftyohiolib]

1. "" Turning Out Dems" untill the outrage du jour which will cause the left to stay home

again

[riqster]

3. Left and center, sad to say.

[bigtree]

6. our politics should lead with our principles

. . . and our expectations that politicians respond to those.

We shouldn't merely adjust our values to fit their politics.

[leftyohiolib]

10. knowing that you didnt adjust your values to fit their politics isnt going to make you

feel better when your sitting in the minority watching president republican bomb the middle east and turn american ito a corporate wet dream.

[bigtree]

12. I think it's a false choice you're positing

. . . hard to respond though without speculating all over the place, because you seem to be equating dissent over policy with a betrayal or a sabotage of individual Democratic candidates.

That's an oversimplification of politics and a misrepresentation of the issues and dynamics of this midterm election.

If you're talking about the next presidential contest, candidates better start responding to what voters are saying they want if they expect to get their votes.

[unblock]

2. not sure that's true, but they'll keep doing outrageous stuff until be learn to punish them for it.

[riversedge]

4. Now to go the polls in Nov Democrats!

[leftyohiolib]

11. see reply 6

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Turnout is going to be strong here. This much I know.

We have candidates that are well liked and legislation people care about on the ballot and it is extremely easy to vote here.

[bigtree]

7. alright

. . . glad to hear that.

We do still need to focus on those states where voters are fighting close races against incumbent dinosaurs and republican upstarts.

[Gothmog]

8. The lawsuit is a dumb idea

I hope that this polling is correct and this dumb idea backfires on the GOP and Boehner

[Bandit]

9. I almost wish they were "execution" actions.