Political Poll Paradox

Thanks to Mother Jones

The standard process for being elected is to woo voters into liking you.  However, the Republican Party seems to be trying a BOLD new strategy:  win votes by being hated!

What is this nonsense we speak of?

Last Monday, Kevin Drum of Mother Jones, highlighted the interesting poll results shown above.

As you can see Americans trust and feel more connected to Democrats, yet they plan to vote Republican.  This didn’t make a lick of sense to us.

Luckily a man much smarter than us (not that is saying much) has this nugget of wisdom on why some may like Democrats and yet vote Republican:

The Democrats control the presidency and both houses of Congress, and so it’s a completely reasonable stance to prefer them to the Republicans yet still think they’ve gone too far and need a check on their power.

In a similar vein, Andrew Sullivan, notes that the reason for odd poll results

is not that voters are somehow in an fit of pique backing a party whose policies they actually reject. It is that they want to break the logjam of one-party rule where the opposition party is strong enough to sabotage but denied the responsibility of actual government.

Before all of you get the idea that the GOP is set to sweep the House remember that November is far off.  Democrats shouldn’t give up hope just yet.  Heather, over at Crooks & Liars, thinks that

these national polls that are being made so much of are all over the place and it might be a little bit early to put too much stock in them and as she also noted that generic poll that showed the Republicans up by ten points last week now shows them tied again.

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While I agree that the enthusiasm gap is real, I think the media is doing their best to create a self-fulfilling prophecy with their constant carping on the issue.

So stay tuned to US Democrazy for more election fun.  As we approach the elections expect more oddities and excitements to be covered by our staff.  We’ll be on the news like politicians on lobbyist dollars.