Newsweek Poll: Angry Unlikely to Be Deciding Factor in Midterms

[Stuart G]

MSNBC, Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/01/newsweek-poll-anger-unlikely-to-be-deciding-factor-in-midterms.html


NEWSWEEK Poll: Anger Unlikely to Be Deciding Factor in Midterms
Self-described "angry voters" no more likely to vote; Democrats trusted more than GOP on key issues.

Anger is dominating the current political conversation—especially if you're an older, whiter, economically anxious voter who dislikes President Barack Obama and tends to prefer Republicans to Democrats. But according to the new NEWSWEEK Poll, there's little reason to believe that anger alone will be the determining factor in November's midterm elections.

Self-described "angry" voters fit a rather predictable political and demographic profile. The survey found that only 14 percent are Democrats. The rest are either Republicans (52 percent) or independents (29 percent), with 42 percent of the angry voters declaring themselves Tea Party supporters. For the midterms, angry voters favor Republican candidates over their Democratic rivals, 73 percent to 19 percent. Three quarters want the GOP to win control of Congress. More than seven in 10 specifically describe themselves as angry with Obama and congressional Democrats, and a full 60 percent see their vote in November as a vote against the president. Compared with voters in general, angry voters are 21 percent more likely to say they're worried about their economic future. They are 10 percent whiter than voters in general and 7 percent less likely to be under 30.

Inside the Tea Party But the NEWSWEEK Poll's most revealing finding is that despite months of media coverage insisting that voters are "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore," anger is unlikely to decide this year's elections. For starters, self-described angry voters constitute only 23 percent of the electorate, and there's no reason to believe that they're more likely to cast ballots in November than their calmer peers. Why? Because the percentage of angry voters who say they will definitely vote in the midterms is statistically indistinguishable from the overall percentage

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An intersting line from farther down the article:

" Voters dissatisfied with the country's current course are more likely to place "a lot" of blame on Bush (39 percent) than on his successor (32 percent)."

[DCBob]

1. Everbody is f'king anger..

so its a tossup.

[thunder rising]

2. It's more a fear factor ... fear of Orange Boner becoming Speaker of the House

The only man that can make GWB look like an intellectual...

[Stuart G]

3. Yea, "the orange man cometh, and he goeth too..nt

[Kweli4Real]

4. What ...?

You mean to tell me that the whole media line was a ... a ... lie?

[liberal N proud]

5. Too angry to go to the polls

That would probably be more accurate than anything.

[Jade Fox]

6. A lot of those Teabaggers.....

look like people who have never voted in their life. Ya gotta register and stuff.:dunce: