Here's an interesting FOX News poll. It holds some good news and some bad news. First some good news:
Democratic Republican
10-12 Aug 14 46 39
26-28 Oct 10 39 46
Now for some bad news. Those numbers are for Registered voters. Now the numbers for the "interested" voters.
Democratic Republican
10-12 Aug 14 44 45
As you can see, we've got that lack of interest thing going again. OTH it's still August and a lot of people are just starting to tune in. If we can get our people interested, we're going to win a lot of those razor thin Senate races.
Some more good news, the Republicans are near their low point of support for the last year, including the government shutdown, while the Dems are near their high point. When the President starts issuing executive orders, the screams from the Tea Party for impeachment or moving forward on lawsuits is going to benefit the Dems.
Some other numbers in the poll:
Democrat favorability ratings:
College No
Total Dem Rep Ind Men Women White Black Degree Degree
Favorable 47% 87% 13% 30% 42% 51% 40% 84% 47% 47%
Unfavorable 45% 9% 82% 52% 53% 39% 52% 10% 48% 44%
Tea
Total Age<35 35-54 55+ 65+ $50k $50k+ Lib Cons Party
Favorable 47% 51% 42% 48% 54% 55% 42% 72% 33% 13%
Unfavorable 45% 39% 51% 45% 38% 36% 53% 22% 62% 80%
And For Republicans:
College No
Total Dem Rep Ind Men Women White Black Degree Degree
Favorable 42% 14% 79% 30% 45% 39% 48% 10% 43% 41%
Unfavorable 50% 80% 16% 52% 48% 52% 45% 79% 51% 50%
Tea
Total Age<35 35-54 55+ 65+ $50k $50k+ Lib Cons Party
Favorable 42% 41% 43% 41% 39% 35% 47% 22% 56% 60%
Unfavorable 50% 49% 50% 51% 51% 54% 48% 71% 39% 34%
Now there's some strange things in this last batch of numbers. It looks like the 65+ age group is coming back to the Democratic party, at least in terms of how they feel about the party. And almost every demographic just can't stand the Republicans. The big question of course is why the hell are the people who can't stand Republicans and like the Democrats still walking in the voting booth and pulling the lever for the Republicans?!
So this poll sure says we're not heading into another 2010 type disaster, and if we can get some of our D's to fulfill their duty and get to the polls and vote, we're going to pull out a lot of those close Senate and Governor races in Nov.
GOTV! GOTV!