Tea Party Tracking Poll 10/8/10
This week the PJTV/Pulse Opinion Research Tea Party Tracking Poll asked Likely Voters whether they anticipated a Republican party takeover of the House and Senate this November. 60% of Likely Voters Somewhat or Strongly Agreed that the GOP will gain control of the House, and 52% Strongly or Somewhat Agreed that the GOP will gain control of the Senate.
Even one in four Democrats (27%) Strongly or Somewhat Agreed that the GOP would gain control of the House. 24% of Democrats gave a comparable response for the Senate.
Key trends tracked each week by the Tea Party Tracking Poll were statistically unchanged this week from last week, with 56% of Likely Voters nationwide stating that they support the Tea Party movement Strongly or Somewhat, and 52% stating that they are Very or Somewhat Likely to vote for a candidate for Congress who is supported by the Tea Party movement.
The full topline report is available here. PJTV subscribers can also see the crosstabs here.
The Tea Party Tracking Poll is a PJTV survey. The telephone survey of 1000 Likely Voters was conducted by Pulse Opinion Research on October 3, 2010. Pulse Opinion Research, LLC is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC.
The divergence between Republicans’ and Democrats’ assessments suggest they’re talking about different elections. One set of opinions is clearly closer to the hard evidence. Intrade odds of a Republican House takeover are currently 75%. The “Reality Based Party” sample falls victim, again, to a combination of wishful thinking and poor media consumption choices.
Now is NOT the time to just assume that the Republicans will take over both the House and the Senate. We only have a few weeks to go, but we need to keep up the pressure and convince everybody to vote. A huge victory in November will not only be a victory for the Tea Parties in general, but for America in particular. This Socialism that has been forced upon this nation by a handful of radical, left-wing, democrats must be stopped and the first step in that process is victory in November. Take NOTHING for granted. Remember, you are fighting a political party that uses every dirty trick in the book, whether it is getting union thugs like SEIU to force their members to vote a certain way, or getting ACORN to register a lot of dead or fake “people” to vote, or having Democratic party hacks turning out (some would say paying) poor people to vote in large cities. If all of this is to stop, we have to be better, smarter, and quicker than the people who want to turn this nation into a European-style socialist nanny state.
November. It all starts in November and it really starts with getting out the vote. Do it.
This is so weird: Johnson made a fool of himself in his debate with Feingold, and Blumenthal made a fool of himself in both of his debates with McMahon, and yet Johnson and Blumenthal are leading in polls by double digits in their respective states, Wisconsin and Connecticut. This will be one very strange election.
Can there be so many people who actually want to impose a European-style socialist government on this country? They must not read anything but the main-stream media and understand even less about what freedom is. This country is unique in our constitutional republic form of government. It has enabled us to prosper and attract people from all over the world, serving as a last haven for those oppressed by socialism’s inevitable results. Regarding our former health care system, Canadians have begged us not to allow socialized Obamacare, because then they will have nowhere to go for good medical care. Now our judges are assisting the Democrats in destroying the very constitution that has made us great, all in order to give huge amounts of power to a regime that would have little support if it didn’t lie and bribe citizens and Members of Congress with our borrowed tax dollars. This November may be our last decent chance to turn things around. Don’t vote for any Democrats!
We’re praying for something similar to the Tea Party in the UK. The UKIP led by MEP Nigel Farage, (he that called the president, Bilderberg’s Rompuy an obscure bank clerk) that failed to win a seat last election despite promising to reverse the march of eco fascism and repeal gang-green legislation as well as a vote on membership of the EU government is our best chance if they go for it. They have to do something as the 3 main parties contrary to public will are determined to surrender the last scraps of sovereignty and nationality to the loathsome EU.
A plea. If someone from the TP reads this, perhaps they could get in touch with Mr. Farage with info on how and why TP has been so successful and if he wishes, some advice on how to proceed? We’re getting desperate as the PM, Cameron is giving every appearance of being a sock puppet of the globalists.
His addy:
nigel.farageATeuroparl.europa.eu (replace AT with@)
cactusbob, “They must not read anything but the main-stream media and understand even less about what freedom is.”
The insidious infestation of the eco fascist EU laws rubber stamped by successive traitorous (IMO) UK leaders and the absence of reportage by the controlled MSM, especially the BBC, on any of the EU machinations is how a foreign government has successfully achieved (without violence so far) covertly and through deceit about 70% of what Hitler attempted by war.
Reportage slowly increased in recent years as EU influence became unavoidably noticeable (e.g. cheap EU labour brought in to do work that otherwise would be done by Brits) but suddenly reporting has become markedly less. Something is going on. Probably a propaganda campaign is being prepared as demands for a membership referendum escalate.
The poll results show that about half of Democrats are totally unaware of what’s really going on in America. No surprise there. As for the mainstream media, they appear shocked, dismayed, panicky, and clueless, all at the same time. That identifies them with the Democrats, considering the above — again, no surprise. The Dems have some good ideas; they simply aren’t appropriate to human life as we know it. Perhaps in the reincarnation they hope for, they will govern snails or some other life form.
I like this comment which pretty much sums up everthing. Sorry, I do not know the name of person who wrote this.
I am still a little taken back when I read another commentary about Obama’s roots and his socialist core as if it is something just uncovered. When the book, “Dreams from my Father” was first made known to me, I bought a copy (cheap paperback of course) and read it cover to cover, then went back over it to analyze it, chapter by chapter. Anyone with a modicum of reasoning ability could not come to any other conclusion about Obama than the obvious facts:
1. The man has never and never will connect to America in the truest sense of the word. He was born in Hawaii, moved to Indonesia for most of his formative years, then returned to Hawaii until he left for Occidental in California when he was about 20.
2. During his formative years, he was exposed on a daily basis to Islam through his adoptive stepfather and attended a Muslim school while living in Indonesia. His biological father was a non-practicing Muslim. The religion of Islam was a real presence in his life until he moved back to Hawaii to live with his very liberal grandparents.
3. Obama was, for all practical purposes, raised and influenced in his youth by a liberal, far right grandfather who, in my opinion, instilled in Obama a deep seated dislike for America. His mother was not an influence to the degree other people were but her lifestyle was anything but moderate, bordering on Marxism, without doubt, socialism.
4. Obama chose to associate with the radical element of the day and his mentor in Hawaii was a well known activist against America.
5. Obama was and is still conflicted about his racial pedigree. He resents the white side of his parentage and has shown it on every occasion that arises. His instinctive defense of the Harvard professor was one of the tells he displayed. When asked, if he were truly a post racial person, he would have responded with a “no comment” answer. Instead, his deep resentment of caucasians in general invoked a subconscious response that invaded his conscious level and he “chose” to respond as he did. If he was not a racist at the conscious level, he would have answered differently.
6. When he referred to the rage he felt when he realized his grandmother was a racist at heart after the incident at the bus stop, that should have been the key to understanding the man immediately. The woman who paid his way through life, the woman who rose to the top at the bank she worked at in Hawaii, the woman who was the real bread winner in the family, later on became the woman he threw under the bus. The other tell in the incident was the reaction by his grandfather to his grandmother’s comments about the incident. He was outraged and offended by her fears, which if you read the book, were not unfounded. She was honest but that made no difference to Obama or his grandfather. Not once did he make reference to any incident in his book about his grandmother demonstrating or displaying racism at any level. If she was the racist at heart he tried to tell us she was, there would have been other references to support his claim.
Obama has made choices through his life based on his core beliefs and dedication to a cause or principle. His friendship with Ayers and other radicals is by choice, not chance. His choice to become a community organizer was by choice, deeply affected by his upbringing. He lived the life most of us did not nor will never have. Life in Hawaii during his teen years. Educated at one of the most prestigious private schools on the island, living with grandparents who were by no means underpriviledged and did not need public assistance of any kind.
If one were to take all of the elements of his life and do an honest evaluation, the conclusion would a foregone one. He is at heart and soul, a die-hard socialist. He will not abandon his core beliefs and convictions. He will use anyone to further his agenda and has demonstrated this time after time. And, he does and will consciously enjoy the perks and priviledges of the ruling elite class on every occasion because he believes it is his right and the rewards are rightfully due him and his family.
Finally, after reading the book and listening to him speak and reading some of his other writings, the styles and choices of descriptive language offers many conflicts. The man is conflicted about many things but on one, he is not. Obama is a true socialist and will never change. He will continue to push his agenda until the day he is voted out of office and until that day comes, he will use his power to enact and force changes on this country that are not welcome nor are they good for America.