Bad news for Libs: 62% prefer less government

[AtlCB]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/benchmarks/america_s_best_days

America's Best Days
62% of Voters Prefer Fewer Government Services with Lower Taxes
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Email to a FriendAdvertisment
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 62% of voters would prefer fewer government services with lower taxes. Nearly a third (29%) disagrees and would rather have a bigger government with higher taxes. Ten percent (10%) are not sure.

Those numbers have changed little over the past month.

Republican voters overwhelmingly prefer fewer government services—83% of the GOP faithful hold that view while just 13% prefer more government involvement. Democratic voters are evenly divided on this question: 46% prefer more government services, while 43% prefer less government services.

Not surprisingly, conservative voters like less government while liberal voters favor a bigger government. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of politically moderate voters prefer smaller government. A separate survey found that most adults (56%) are worried that the next president will raise taxes too much.

Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters think American society is generally fair and decent. Twenty-seven percent (27%) think it is unfair and discriminatory. Those numbers have become slightly more positive over the past month.

Three quarters of voters (75%) think people who move to America from other countries should adopt the nation’s culture. Just 13% think they should maintain their home country’s culture (see video report).

Forty-three percent (43%) of voters think the nation’s allies should do what the United States wants more often. Last month, 47% held that view. Twenty-eight percent (28%) think the U.S. should do what the allies want more often. A related survey found that most voters say bringing the troops home from Iraq should be a higher priority than winning the war.

Finally, nearly half of voters (47%) say American’s best days have come and gone. That number has not changed since last month. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters think the nation’s best days are still to come.

Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

The Rasmussen Reports ElectionEdge™ Premium Service for Election 2008 offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a Presidential election.

Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

This national telephone survey of 1,200 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports May 16-18, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

[BrAinPaiNt]

bad news for libs AND current "New" Republicans.

This current admin are just as bad as the libs as far as spending money and big government goes.

[AtlCB]

bad news for libs AND current "New" Republicans.

This current admin are just as bad as the libs as far as spending money and big government goes.I know. I posted libs instead of Democrats for that very reason.

[Jordan55]

Now for the really bad news

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/gm080508.jpg

[theogt]

As the poll obviously shows, very few people are actually economically liberal. The single reason Democrats have a majority and are about to win the White House is the unpopular war. It's too bad that Democrats and liberals actually think a referendum on the war is justification for implementing their economic policy.

But one thing's for sure, if they do implement their economic policy, they will not be in office for long at all.

[Sasquatch]

bad news for libs AND current "New" Republicans.

Shhhhh, don't ruin the fantasy.

[Mavs Man]

62% may favor a smaller government, but what percentage also expects government to have solutions for everything?

Too many of our populace don't just want all the benefits and none of the costs, they expect it.

(note - this also applies to our elected officials)

[AtlCB]

Shhhhh, don't ruin the fantasy.
Obviously, you missed my reply. I said Libs instead of Democrats for a good reason. I consider Bush and the neo-cons fiscal liberals.

[AtlCB]

Now for the really bad news

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/gm080508.jpg

:lmao2: :lmao2: :lmao2:

[Vintage]

Good news for Libs: McCain and Obama are running. Gov't will continue to get bigger!

[Doomsday101]

Good news for Libs: McCain and Obama are running. Gov't will continue to get bigger!

I don't know McCain does not go in for pork barrel projects and will call both republicans and democrat on it.

[Heisenberg]

The only party that actually stands for this anymore is the Libertarian party and no one votes for them.

Weird.

[AtlCB]

Good news for Libs: McCain and Obama are running. Gov't will continue to get bigger!
McCain doesn't have a history of being a spender. His voting history shows exactly the opposite. The neo-cons (including Bush) are the big spenders in the Republican Party. The describe their fiscal liberalism as "compassionate conservatism." Hopefully, after this election, the neo-con movement will be dead in the Republican Party.

[AtlCB]

The only party that actually stands for this anymore is the Libertarian party and no one votes for them.

Weird.Yep. They are also the only party that has consistantly stood for a balanced budget. The Republicans and the Democrats are only in favor of this issue when they aren't in power.

[theogt]

Good news for Libs: McCain and Obama are running. Gov't will continue to get bigger!McCain is pretty strongly anti-big government. He originally opposed the Bush tax cuts because they weren't accompanied by SPENDING cuts.

[Jordan55]

So the answer to Bush and the neo-con parties loss of fiscal controll, is to vote in a party that wants to increase our taxes, not to bring the budget inline mind you, but to expand upon it even more, with increased inefficient government bureaucracy. Now there's a party for the people, put us all deeper in the hole. http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/gm071029.jpg
Keep the masses down so you can pander to them. Perfect Cartoon

[iceberg]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/benchmarks/america_s_best_days

America's Best Days
62% of Voters Prefer Fewer Government Services with Lower Taxes
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Email to a FriendAdvertisment
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 62% of voters would prefer fewer government services with lower taxes. Nearly a third (29%) disagrees and would rather have a bigger government with higher taxes. Ten percent (10%) are not sure.

Those numbers have changed little over the past month.

Republican voters overwhelmingly prefer fewer government services—83% of the GOP faithful hold that view while just 13% prefer more government involvement. Democratic voters are evenly divided on this question: 46% prefer more government services, while 43% prefer less government services.

Not surprisingly, conservative voters like less government while liberal voters favor a bigger government. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of politically moderate voters prefer smaller government. A separate survey found that most adults (56%) are worried that the next president will raise taxes too much.

Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters think American society is generally fair and decent. Twenty-seven percent (27%) think it is unfair and discriminatory. Those numbers have become slightly more positive over the past month.

Three quarters of voters (75%) think people who move to America from other countries should adopt the nation’s culture. Just 13% think they should maintain their home country’s culture (see video report).

Forty-three percent (43%) of voters think the nation’s allies should do what the United States wants more often. Last month, 47% held that view. Twenty-eight percent (28%) think the U.S. should do what the allies want more often. A related survey found that most voters say bringing the troops home from Iraq should be a higher priority than winning the war.

Finally, nearly half of voters (47%) say American’s best days have come and gone. That number has not changed since last month. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters think the nation’s best days are still to come.

Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

The Rasmussen Reports ElectionEdge™ Premium Service for Election 2008 offers the most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a Presidential election.

Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

This national telephone survey of 1,200 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports May 16-18, 2008. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

and obama leads by 8 against mccain to start.

glad this is easy to define! :)

[hank2k]

Those polls work both ways.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/opinion/polls/main2528357.shtml


(CBS)*Americans think the U.S. health care system is in need of major repairs, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll.

Nine out of 10 say the system needs at least fundamental changes, including 36 percent who favor a complete overhaul.

Although most Americans say they are generally satisfied with the quality of their own health care, including 41 percent who say they are very satisfied, it's a different story when it comes to the cost of care.

Just one in five are very satisfied with what they pay for health care, while a majority (52 percent) are dissatisfied, including a third who are very dissatisfied.

U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM NEEDS…

Minor changes
8%
Fundamental changes
54%
To be completely rebuilt
36%

Americans are even more critical of health care costs in the nation as whole: 59 percent are very dissatisfied with the overall cost of health care in the U.S. and another 22 percent are somewhat dissatisfied.

Most Americans believe government can play a role in fixing the health care system. Two-thirds say the federal government should guarantee that all Americans have health insurance — and a similar number says providing health insurance for all is a more serious problem than keeping health care costs down.

Read the complete results of this CBS News/New York Times poll

Eighty-four percent of Americans favor expanding government programs in order to give health insurance to all uninsured children.

Less than one in three, however, say the government would do a better job than private insurance companies at actually providing medical coverage. Forty-four percent said the government would be worse as a health care provider than private companies.

SHOULD GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL?

Yes
64%
No
27%


WHICH IS MORE SERIOUS?

Providing health insurance for all
65%
Keeping health care costs down
31%

More Americans do think the government can do a better job than private companies at helping hold down health care costs.

Health care promises to be a crucial issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. In a CBS News poll conducted last month, health care tied with jobs and the economy as the second-most important issue facing the country, following the war in Iraq. It was even more important to Democratic primary voters, ranking ahead of the economy and jobs.

In the new poll, the public gives the Democrats a big edge over the Republicans on handling health care issues. Asked which party they believe will best improve the health care system, 62 percent said the Democrats, while just 19 percent said the Republicans.

PARTY THAT WOULD IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Democrats
62%
Republicans
19%

However, none of the top tier of Democratic presidential candidates has yet to gain a significant national edge on the health care issue.

Six in ten Democratic voters expressed confidence in Sen. Hillary Clinton's approach to health care, but more than half of voters nationally said they're uneasy. Voters overall were also more uneasy than confident about both Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards on health care.

But all three Democratic presidential hopefuls rated higher than the current president on the health care issue. Only 17 percent of Americans said they were confident in President Bush's approach to health care, while 77 percent — including about half of Republicans — were uneasy.

Asked to choose which health care topics they'd like to hear the 2008 presidential candidates talk about over the next two years, 34 percent said providing coverage for the uninsured was most important, followed by 28 percent who said reducing health care costs. Eighteen percent said improving the quality of care and a similar number said improving the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

For detailed information on how CBS News conducts public opinion surveys, click here.


This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1,281 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone Feb. 23-27, 2007. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.

[Doomsday101]

Those polls work both ways.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/opinion/polls/main2528357.shtml


(CBS)*Americans think the U.S. health care system is in need of major repairs, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll.

Nine out of 10 say the system needs at least fundamental changes, including 36 percent who favor a complete overhaul.

Although most Americans say they are generally satisfied with the quality of their own health care, including 41 percent who say they are very satisfied, it's a different story when it comes to the cost of care.

Just one in five are very satisfied with what they pay for health care, while a majority (52 percent) are dissatisfied, including a third who are very dissatisfied.

U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM NEEDS…

Minor changes
8%
Fundamental changes
54%
To be completely rebuilt
36%

Americans are even more critical of health care costs in the nation as whole: 59 percent are very dissatisfied with the overall cost of health care in the U.S. and another 22 percent are somewhat dissatisfied.

Most Americans believe government can play a role in fixing the health care system. Two-thirds say the federal government should guarantee that all Americans have health insurance — and a similar number says providing health insurance for all is a more serious problem than keeping health care costs down.

Read the complete results of this CBS News/New York Times poll

Eighty-four percent of Americans favor expanding government programs in order to give health insurance to all uninsured children.

Less than one in three, however, say the government would do a better job than private insurance companies at actually providing medical coverage. Forty-four percent said the government would be worse as a health care provider than private companies.

SHOULD GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL?

Yes
64%
No
27%


WHICH IS MORE SERIOUS?

Providing health insurance for all
65%
Keeping health care costs down
31%

More Americans do think the government can do a better job than private companies at helping hold down health care costs.

Health care promises to be a crucial issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. In a CBS News poll conducted last month, health care tied with jobs and the economy as the second-most important issue facing the country, following the war in Iraq. It was even more important to Democratic primary voters, ranking ahead of the economy and jobs.

In the new poll, the public gives the Democrats a big edge over the Republicans on handling health care issues. Asked which party they believe will best improve the health care system, 62 percent said the Democrats, while just 19 percent said the Republicans.

PARTY THAT WOULD IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Democrats
62%
Republicans
19%

However, none of the top tier of Democratic presidential candidates has yet to gain a significant national edge on the health care issue.

Six in ten Democratic voters expressed confidence in Sen. Hillary Clinton's approach to health care, but more than half of voters nationally said they're uneasy. Voters overall were also more uneasy than confident about both Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards on health care.

But all three Democratic presidential hopefuls rated higher than the current president on the health care issue. Only 17 percent of Americans said they were confident in President Bush's approach to health care, while 77 percent — including about half of Republicans — were uneasy.

Asked to choose which health care topics they'd like to hear the 2008 presidential candidates talk about over the next two years, 34 percent said providing coverage for the uninsured was most important, followed by 28 percent who said reducing health care costs. Eighteen percent said improving the quality of care and a similar number said improving the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

For detailed information on how CBS News conducts public opinion surveys, click here.


This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1,281 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone Feb. 23-27, 2007. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.

Those polls are a bit surprising, they think Government can do a better job of keeping prices low but we will over spend on almost every project and of course since Government is not a profit drive organization they don't have to offer better because in the end their customers are going to pay like it or not through taxes.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I agree so let's cut the number of retarded TSA security guards who tell you that you cannot take on eye drops on a plane as those evil eye drops are a security risk.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Those polls are a bit surprising, they think Government can do a better job of keeping prices low but we will over spend on almost every project and of course since Government is not a profit drive organization they don't have to offer better because in the end their customers are going to pay like it or not through taxes.

Ding Ding Ding.

Let's give the incompetent government MORE power to screw up MORE things.

My wife is on disability. When they switched over to that prescription drug plan it was total chaos.

She had to go through three companies before she finally got it straightened out.

We even had to threaten to sue one of the companies. She dropped them and had moved on to another company. About 5 months later the one she moved on to sent a letter saying they don't understand why she canceled her plans with them. She had not. Turns out the FIRST company called the second company and canceled for her and re enrolled her without her asking or giving permission.

So she dropped both of those and finally got with the AARP one. Which is funny in a way because she is 3 years older than I am so I am always teasing her about being old and when she got that plan I was really having fun.

Calling her Old Number 7 (like the mule that Jack had in the old grizzly adams show):laugh2:

Anyways, back to the original point. For the most part, not ALL parts, it is better left out of the hands of the government, because if there is a way to screw it up, screw the people, and line their pockets with some money...they will find it.

And also as you pointed out, the companies will screw everyone over because of how incompetent the government is already.

[silverbear]

I know. I posted libs instead of Democrats for that very reason.

I appreciate the attempt at fairness, but the Republicans who have been expanding government certainly don't define themselves as "libs"...

Basically, NEITHER political party stands for fiscal responsibility, NEITHER party stands for smaller government... those politicians who tell you they believe in either are lying to you...

[silverbear]

As the poll obviously shows, very few people are actually economically liberal. The single reason Democrats have a majority and are about to win the White House is the unpopular war.

I actually think the economy will determine more votes, but I'm one of those who will be voting my opposition to that war...

But one thing's for sure, if they do implement their economic policy, they will not be in office for long at all.

You say that, I say IF the Dems win the White House and retain control of Congress (as expected, in the latter case), that will be an indication that Americans have repudiated Reaganomics...

Trickle down didn't work back at the turn of the century, when they called it "laissez faire" (French for "let it be")... what we got back then was the 75 hour, six and a half day work week, child labor, no protection if a worker got hurt on the job... and that in turn led to the rise of the labor movement, as workers came to realize they had to stand together to keep management from sticking it to them... it hasn't worked this time around either, and I think the average American voter has begun to figure out that it CAN'T work...

It can't work because laissez faire/trickle down depends on a flawed assumption, that big business is a benign entity that will do the right thing by its workers, and the country... history has proven to us quite clearly this is not the case, indeed anybody who believes that happy horsebleep is probably too naive to be allowed to continue living... :D

Anyway, your dire predictions regarding what happens if the Democrats are successful in implementing their professed economic philosophies prompts me to remind you that the last time we had a Democrat in the White House, it proved to be very good for business, and for the economy... Obama's economic policies would not be all that dissimilar from Clinton's, from what I've read, the big difference being Barack is not a big fan of free trade agreements like NAFTA...

I say the economy's in the dumper now, and it doesn't make sense to continue with the same policies that put it there... it is time for a change, a new approach...

[Maikeru-sama]

I appreciate the attempt at fairness, but the Republicans who have been expanding government certainly don't define themselves as "libs"...

Basically, NEITHER political party stands for fiscal responsibility, NEITHER party stands for smaller government... those politicians who tell you they believe in either are lying to you...

Spot on.

:hammer:

[AtlCB]

I appreciate the attempt at fairness, but the Republicans who have been expanding government certainly don't define themselves as "libs"...

Basically, NEITHER political party stands for fiscal responsibility, NEITHER party stands for smaller government... those politicians who tell you they believe in either are lying to you...

I agree. I know that the Republicans do not call themselves liberal, but when you have a Republican president and a Republican congress spending like drunken sailors, they are fiscal liberals.