Unit 3
As we near the deadline to raise the nation's debt ceiling, the apprehensions and attitudes are not good. They are angry at the government for the job they have done during this government shutdown. A new poll shows that Americans are blaming both the GOP and the Democrats now. Sixty percent of people polled said that if they had the chance to defeat every member of Congress including their own representatives, they would. The blame on the Democrats is starting to grow, but more blame is placed on the side of the GOP. CNN polling director Holland said, "Depending on which question and which poll you look at, either the Republicans have fallen further than the Democrats or both parties have lost the same amount of ground but the Republicans started in a worse position." According to the poll, 63% of people are angry with the Republicans on how they have handled the government shutdown. Contrary to the Democrats and Obama who 57% and 53 % of pollers were unhappy with respectively. These polls were about the situation with the government shutdown. Other polls were conducted on the general opinion of the Republican and Democratic parties. Now only 28% of pollers approved of the Republican party and the Democratic party has also slipped to 43% with a favorable rating.
I think that this article is finally showing people that majorities are now disapproving of both parties. I think that a lot of people thought that the government shutdown was all the GOP's fault and that the Democrats were doing great. This article shows that public opinion of the Democratic party is now falling also. The fact that the Republicans have less of an approval rate is because of the media in my opinion. The media is very Democratic and gives biases to the Democratic party. That is why the public thinks less of the Republicans because they are always given information a little bit pro-Democratic.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/10/shutdown-polls-no-winners-but-a-bigger-loser/?hpt=po_c2
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