Bad News for GOP: Data Links High Congressional Disapproval With High Voter Turnout

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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/26/data-shows-link-high-congressional-disapproval-high-voter-turnout.html

Bad News for GOP: Data Links High Congressional Disapproval With High Voter Turnout
By: Adalia Woodbury
Tuesday, August, 26th, 2014, 6:14 pm


Gallup has super bad news for Republicans. There is a link between high disapproval of congress and high voter turnout. Republicans have done a great job not only creating record high disapproval levels, their obstructionism combined with wasting money and alienating rhetoric sustained those high levels of disapproval. If you’re a Republican, you may be tempted to believe your mission was accomplished. The only problem is high levels of congressional disapproval also means high voter turnout at election time. We all know what that means in Republican land.

Ever since they took control of the House, Republicans made their priorities clear and none of them involves representing the will of the people. The GOPT is beholden to the Koch Brothers, Sheldon Adelson, Walmart and other corporate interests that pull Republican lawmaker’s strings with money that is both big and dark.

Republicans were on one huge reverse Robin Hood mission, determined to find new ways and means to satisfy the insatiable greed of the Kochs, the Waltons and anyone else you would find at an ALEC get together. In the name of pandering to their most extreme elements, Republicans obstructed and destroyed their way to the highest disapproval of congress ever some time ago. They have managed to sustain that level of contempt for a congress that takes food out of the mouths of children to give bigger handouts to the Koch brothers. Americans see through Republican denials of global warming in the name of giving the Koch brothers the freedom to poison our planet for profit.

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According to Gallup‘s data, voter turnout exceed 40% during the last five midterm elections when Congress’s approval rating was low. Turnout was below 40% when Americans were more satisfied with Congress.



Gallup nexus between congressional disapproval and high voter turnout

Another disturbing number lies in the near record low of 19% of registered voters who believe that most members of Congress deserve re-election. That also suggests a high voter turnout at election time. In other words, Republicans achieved the last thing they wanted when they obstructed popular policies, and thumbed their noses at everyone in America except those who lined GOPT pockets. They angered voters enough for them to want change from an anti-American and anti-America congress to one that governs for the people.

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1. It is very important to have a large voter turnout, we see what happens when Democrats do not vote.

The GOP Do Nothing House has halted progress long enough, get a majority in the House and Senate who can and will pass bills to help our veterans, unemployed and poor.

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2. Trouble is that most of the years that were over forty percent turn-out

Republicans won in huge landslides. Only in 2006 did Democrats prevail. Seems their get out the vote is much better than Democrats and they almost all use Vote By Mail.. Why do Democrats not want Vote By Mail?

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4. Out of three elections with more than 40% turnout, two are 1994 and 2010.

The only way we win with 40% of the public voting is if conservatives are disengaged. They don't seem as agitated as they were in 2010, but I'd rather not put my hope in conservatives staying home.

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5. They are already drumming up "executive amnesty"

To get the Republicans to surge to the polls, immigration has become the #1 issue to Republican voters in the last two months.

If President Obama issues executive orders on immigration before the midterms then the Senate could be in real jeopardy and they could gain seats in the House, it will enrage the right-wing base.

Does this article also take into account the unpopularity of the sitting President at those times as well? Also an important factor.

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6. Throw the bums out!