http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/15/poll.politicalmood/index.html

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"Poll: Most think GOP, Democrats lack vision WASHINGTON (CNN) -- By a large number, most Americans lack faith in the ability of Democrats or Republicans to solve the nation's problems, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll released Wednesday indicates. Sixty-eight percent of people surveyed February 9-12 said Democrats had no clear plan for the country, while 67 percent said Republicans lacked one. Nevertheless, most of the respondents -- 52 percent -- said things are going very or fairly well in the country, a statistically similar response (49 percent) to the last time the question was asked in November. The sampling error for questions asked of all 1,000 respondents was plus or minus 3 percentage points. But many respondents said something made them upset about the direction the country was headed. Fifty-nine percent said they were angry about the way the country was moving along, while 32 percent answered they were generally content. When asked if President Bush had done anything to make them mad, 61 percent of the people surveyed said yes. The questions, asked of smaller samples, had a sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. With midterm elections approaching in November, 50 percent of registered voters said they would vote for a Democratic candidate, while 43 percent said Republican and 8 percent said they were undecided or would vote for another party's candidate. The question had a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. When asked which of six potential 2008 presidential candidates they would vote for, registered Democrats picked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York (39 percent) ahead of Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts (15 percent), former Vice President Al Gore (13 percent) and former vice presidential candidate John Edwards (12 percent). Among Republican registered voters, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain of Arizona -- 33 percent and 28 percent, respectively -- were the clear favorites. Sen. George Allen of Virginia trailed behind with 7 percent, followed by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee with 6 percent. That question had a sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. Fifty-eight percent of the respondents would like to see more spending on domestic issues such as health care and education and less focus on cutting the deficit. The question on spending had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points."

While the American people have bought the whole "the Democrats have no plan" tack, the GOP operatives apparently have neglected to mention their own plans in a way that resonates with people.

Here's what I'm left wondering: if 2/3 of the people think that neither political party knows what it's doing, why do we trust them to do it?

2/15/2006 5:12:47 PM

LIBERTARIANS, CARPE DIEM! This time lets not drink the Kool-Aid

2/15/2006 5:21:13 PM

Find some very rich libertarian-leaners who are willing to take a big risk, shed that capitalized "L," and they might be able to get somewhere.

2/15/2006 5:23:36 PM

I think they target certain individuals for these polls. I would say that majority of them are taken INSIDE the beltway, and not out in real America. I've never been asked what I thought. Maybe it's because I walk around with an "I Love Freedom" button, but who knows....

2/15/2006 5:32:56 PM

Please educate yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_sampling#Random_sampling

BTW - Gallup also has Bush down to 39% approval again. Poor little fella.

[Edited on February 15, 2006 at 5:49 PM. Reason : 56% disapproval to boot]

2/15/2006 5:45:15 PM

^^ hahah, wtf?

2/15/2006 5:48:08 PM

Wow. I expected many more responses than this. What's the matter? Can't comment on the public's indictment of anyone you agree with?

2/16/2006 6:40:34 PM

no....we just dont care

CRAP...i responded

2/16/2006 7:09:44 PM

This is more of an indictment of the people who were questioned in this poll.

How oblivious to current events must you be to think that neither party has a plan for the country?

2/16/2006 8:44:40 PM

The poll didn't say that nobody thinks they have a plan. Again:

Quote :

"By a large number, most Americans lack faith in the ability of Democrats or Republicans to solve the nation's problems, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll released Wednesday indicates."

2/16/2006 9:58:39 PM

I was reading this:

Quote :

"Sixty-eight percent of people surveyed February 9-12 said Democrats had no clear plan for the country, while 67 percent said Republicans lacked one."

2/16/2006 10:50:10 PM

Quote :

"Gallup Poll: GOP, Democrats Clueless Pi Master: No Shit"

2/16/2006 10:50:57 PM

hey

wheres that guy on tww who loves the green party?

he should be pissing himself with elation

2/16/2006 10:58:35 PM

Perhaps we are in a place in history where people are generally losing faith in the idea that any political system can solve problems. The last generation to really believe in the competence of the gov't was the G.I. Generation, and we're losing thousands of them every day.

2/17/2006 12:33:10 AM

The Bush administration is doing a bang up job at accelerating the loss of confidence in government, too.

2/17/2006 12:35:15 AM

ah ha, boonedocks caught me

i guess i didn't notice that, but it is interesting how the statement is worded

Democrats: No clear plan
Republicans: No plan

2/17/2006 5:40:17 PM

You are reaching a lot there.

I really doubt they phrased the question differently for the 2 parties.

2/17/2006 5:43:53 PM

No reaching necessary.

It says enough that only one more percent of respondents think the GOP has a plan any clearer than the Democrats'.

2/17/2006 6:07:01 PM