Poll: Middle Class Voters Abandoning GOP

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061027/D8L0SPK80.html

Poll: Middle Class Voters Abandoning GOP
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Oct 27, 5:09 AM (ET)

By LIZ SIDOTI and TREVOR TOMPSON

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2006 election is shaping up to be a repeat of 1994. This time, Democrats are favored to sweep Republicans from power in the House after a dozen years of GOP rule.

Less than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election, the latest Associated Press-AOL News poll found that likely voters overwhelmingly prefer Democrats over Republicans. They are angry at President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress, and say Iraq and the economy are their top issues.

At the same time, fickle middle-class voters are embracing the Democratic Party and fleeing the GOP - just as they abandoned Democrats a dozen years ago and ushered in an era of Republican control.


Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, center, his running mate, former state Sen. Daryl Jones, left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., acknowledge supporters during a campaign rally Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, in Miami Gardens, Fla. It seems like every other day a potential 2008 presidential candidate--if not an actual president--is in Florida helping out Democrat Jim Davis, Republican Charlie Crist or hopefuls running for Congress.(AP Photo.Alan Diaz)

"I don't think the Republican Party represents what I stand for. The guys I golf with, we're in the middle class, we're getting hurt," says Joseph Altland, 73, a retired teacher in York, Pa. He is a registered Republican but says he is considering becoming an independent.

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[NC_Nurse]

1. 'bout fuckin' time.

Somebody finally woke up and smelled the coffee!
Welcome to reality people! :hi:

[lcordero2]

2. there isn't a middle class anymore

look at all of the home foreclosures and people getting financially destroyed because of medical issues.

[Demeter]

3. The Middle Class Were Sold a Bill of Goods By Gingrich and Reagan

and they, their children, and their grandchildren paid dearly for the mistake.

My only fear is that once (if) we get the mess cleared up and straightened out, the gullible will buy the next party of crap that comes along, and we'll be back in the mire again.

[texpatriot2004]

4. Finally! nm