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Rasmussen Poll...Support For "Stimulus" Continues To Erode
Ace of Spades HQ —
Rasmussen Poll...Support For "Stimulus" Continues To Erode Only 37% support the plan and the number has declined steadily over the last two weeks. Extra fun bonus...50% of people think "is at least somewhat likely to make things worse rather than better". According to the poll there is ...
More Harm Than Good
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... - and fully one half say that the plan would do more harm than good . Best of all, support is declining very, very rapidly as more and more details leak out about what foolishness the Congress is trying to pass off as stimulating. Two weeks ago, 45% supported the plan. Last week, 42% supported it. (Ed Note and now at 37%!) Opposition has grown from 34% two weeks ago to 39% last week and 43% today. Sixty-four percent (64%) of Democrats still support the plan. That figure is down from 74% a week ago. Just 13% of Republicans and 27% of those not affiliated with either major ...
Stimulus Bill not Polling Well
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
via Rasmussen: Support for Stimulus Package Falls to 37%
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% favor the legislation, 43% are opposed, and 20% are not sure.
Further, another poll (also from Rasmussen) notes: 50% Say Stimulus Plan Likely to Make Things Worse
Fifty percent (50%) of U.S. voters say the final economic recovery plan that emerges from Congress is at least somewhat likely to make things worse rather than better, but 39% say such an outcome is not likely (see ...
RASMUSSEN: 50% Say Stimulus Plan Likely to Make Things Worse. “Many Americans simply accept the no…
Instapundit —
... RASMUSSEN: 50% Say Stimulus Plan Likely to Make Things Worse. “Many Americans simply accept the notion that no matter how bad things are, Congress could make them worse. Most voters currently rate Congress’ performance as poor, and most expect that lobbyists will have more influence on the legislation than voters or the president. When reacting to the economic downturn, 46% of Americans remain more concerned that the government will do too much while 41% worry it will do too little.” ...
Hey Congress: When It Comes to the Stimulus, Please Listen to Your Constituents!
Hit & Run —
... process. Many Americans simply accept the notion that no matter how bad things are, Congress could make them worse. Most voters currently rate Congress' performance as poor, and most expect that lobbyists will have more influence on the legislation than voters or the president. When reacting to the economic downturn, 46% of Americans remain more concerned that the government will do too much while 41% worry it will do too little. More here. And then there's this truly heartening development: Support for ...
The Audacity of Fear
Wizbang —
... and 50% of people believing it is likely to make matters worse, such a monstrosity must be passed now before signs of a recovery appear. Contrary to popular (or should that be, majority Democrat...) belief in Washington, Americans are skeptical and ...
Obama Approval Rating Continues Rapid Slide
Gateway Pundit —
... is down another 3 points in the overall spread. Obama was at 69 (approve) to 28 (disapprove) on January 4th. All it took was one month, a few tax cheats, expanding abortion funding, closing Gitmo, moving the US Census to the White House, putting 25,000 US companies at risk and the most expensive piece of legislation in American history to drive his numbers southward to 59-39. That's all. Hat Tip Tommy Boy Half of Americans say the stimulus plan will probably make things worse.
So the CBO report says we’ll be out of a recession this year…
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... . Half the population thinks that we’re at risk at making things worse if it passes. It’s not actually settled that this is emergency legislation, in other words - which means by the White House’s own rule (which is well on the way to having a ...
