House Republican leadership Does Not Care what voters outside the hard-core Republican base want.
Voters want Congress to focus on jobs, yet another poll finds. They don't necessarily know what would be the best way to do it, and they don't necessarily care—they just want Congress to at least give it a shot:
Remarkably, respondents showed little variation when they were asked if they preferred cutting taxes (a conservative priority) or boosting spending (a liberal preference) to create jobs. Seventy-five percent said they would be pleased or very pleased if jobs were created by reducing taxes and regulation, while 77 percent said the same about increasing investment in infrastructure projects. Fewer than 25 percent of people said they would be unhappy if lawmakers achieved either goal.
Meanwhile, the United Technologies/
National Journal Congressional Connection poll found that expanded background checks for gun purchases and immigration reform with a path to citizenship were also very popular, while:
The two least popular options were top GOP priorities: reducing the federal deficit and repealing the Affordable Care Act
Since the poll asked only about repealing, not fixing, Obamacare, it found repeal to be more popular than a series of other recent polls have—which is in itself noteworthy, that even the poll that makes repeal look relatively popular places it behind every other policy question asked.
Not that congressional Republicans care about any of this. They care only about what Republican primary voters in the most conservative districts want, not what the American people as a whole want. And we know for damn sure jobs are not on the list of things they care about.