Weekly Tracking Poll: No Benefit To Republicans On Unity
by DemFromCT
Fri Feb 20, 2009 at 08:00:04 AM PST
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 2/16-9. All adults. MoE 2% (2/9-12 results):
| FAVORABLE | UNFAVORABLE | NET CHANGE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESIDENT OBAMA | 69 (68) | 25 (25) | +1 |
| PELOSI: | 43 (42) | 39 (39) | +1 |
| REID: | 33 (32) | 41 (42) | +2 |
| McCONNELL: | 23 (22) | 51 (50) | +0 |
| BOEHNER: | 17 (18) | 54 (55) | +0 |
| CONGRESSIONAL DEMS: | 41 (39) | 53 (53) | +2 |
| CONGRESSIONAL GOPS: | 18 (19) | 70 (69) | -2 |
| DEMOCRATIC PARTY: | 57 (56) | 38 (37) | +0 |
| REPUBLICAN PARTY: | 31 (31) | 62 (61) | -1 |
Full crosstabs here. This poll is updated every Friday morning, and you can see trendline graphs here.
The trend graph for Congressional parties is here:
We've had to extend the graph downward to accommodate the Congressional Republicans slapping themselves on the back for being unified as the Party of No. They don't get it yet, and neither does insular Washington. Remember these are fav/unfav numbers, and what the graph shows is is that people really dislike the Republican party and what they are up to these days, at least the DC version.
Tune in next week to see if John Boehner can make himself and his Republicans any less popular. He's -11 himself since the first poll 1/5-8, and the Congressional GOP is -12 (in contrast, Nancy Pelosi is +2 and Congressional Dems are +5.)
And by the way, I still think Obama merely had an inaugural bounce, not diminishing popularity.
Then again, with some notable exceptions like Jay Cost, the right-leaning pundits never could read polls. For example, using these numbers, I filled out the National Journal blogger poll report card this week and gave the Republicans an F (grade inflation and grading on a curve raised them to a D with my fellow bloggers.) Note the Right blogs are giving the Congressional Republicans a grade of B. I understand why, but being wrong never bothers the Right.
For Obama's job approval trends and numbers, go here; they look pretty stable:
Remember what we've learned: Dems and indies support the Democratic stimulus efforts, Republican hard core does not. That's normal, healthy and to be expected – as long as the Republican hard core doesn't drive the conversation.
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