The Political Bear

A Rasmussen poll at the beginning of the month showed that Republicans are now the trusted party on most issues.

Why wasn’t this information celebrated by the party? Oh, they were dealing with more pressing issues, like a member of party leadership in another sex scandal, and then a disappearing Gov. in yet another sex scandal. Seriously, how bad are the Democrats to be less trusted than the current circus the Republican party is putting on. I hope this is a sign that the new guard of the Republican party is the one that people are paying attention to, however, I get the feeling that these results have nothing to do with the success of the Republicans and more to do with the failure of the Democrats.

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 3-4, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports
1*I’m going to read you a short list of issues in the news. For each, please let me know which political party you trust more to handle that issue.

First, the economy.

45% Republicans
39% Democrats
16% Not sure

2* National security and the War on Terror

51% Republicans
36% Democrats
13% Not sure

3* The War in Iraq

45% Republicans
37% Democrats
18% Not sure

4* Immigration

43% Republicans
29% Democrats
29% Not sure

5* Government ethics and corruption

35% Republicans
29% Democrats
36% Not sure

6* Taxes

44% Republicans
39% Democrats
17% Not sure

7* Health care

37% Republicans
47% Democrats
17% Not sure

8* Social Security

37% Republicans
43% Democrats
19% Not sure

9* Education

37% Republicans
44% Democrats
18% Not sure

10* Abortion

41% Republicans
41% Democrats
18% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence

Link back to Rasmussen

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