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August 6th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
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August 7th, 2009 at 12:09 am
“Man and Wife. Say Man and Wife.”
By Glen Bolger
http://blog.pos.org/2009/08/man-and-wife-say-man-and-wife/
Married men and married women have much more similar attitudes on core political questions than married men have with unmarried men, and married women have with unmarried women.
For example, both married men and married women are far more pessimistic about the direction of the country than unmarried men/women. Among married men, the mood is 31% right direction/59% wrong track. Married women say a similar 32% RD/61% WT. However, unmarried men aren’t as negative (42% RD/50% WT), while unmarried women are optimistic (53% RD/38% WT). (Apologies to Hollywood — I know movies about optimistic unmarried women don’t exactly make for great romantic comedy scripts, so just stick with formula you’ve been using for years.)
The same gap exists on Obama’s job rating. Married men (45% approve/49%disapprove) and married women (47% approve/48% disapprove) are similar. Unmarried men are still supportive (56% approve/40% disapprove), while unmarried women are wildly supportive (68% approve/24% disapprove).
Finally, it provides a significant clue for a key target group for GOP congressional candidates. On the tied generic ballot, married men (53% GOP/31% Dem) and married women (50% GOP/37% Dem) both vote Republican by double digits. However, unmarried men (33% GOP/46% Dem) and unmarried women (28% GOP/61% Dem) are double digits the other way.
Some — but not all — is driven by ethnicity. In the sample, 85% of married women are white (a group more supportive of the GOP), and 79% of married men are white. Those figures drop to 68% among unmarried women and 71% among unmarried men.
The need for the GOP to improve with minorities is the subject of other blog posts. However, it is clear that Republican candidates need not be intimidated by polls showing GOP weakness with women. Instead, married women are clearly a key target for Republican campaigns. As the Princess Bride proved, it’s important to say “I do” for the marriage to count. It’s also important to target those who do say “I do.”
August 7th, 2009 at 12:10 am
The NRA has a higher net in favorability than the President according to James Carville’s polling firm:
Democracy Corps Poll
http://www.democracycorps.com/wp-content/files/dcor072609fq9-d.pdf
Favorable/Unfavorable rating among likely voters [net in brackets]
National Rifle Association: 48/27 [+21]
Barack Obama: 54/35 [+19]
Democrat Party: 41/42 [-1]
Gay marriage: 24/53 [-29]
August 7th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Against National Standards
Let the states decide what to teach- they’ll do less harm.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/795coxmj.asp
August 7th, 2009 at 1:39 am
“The NRA has a higher net in favorability than the President according to James Carville’s polling firm.”
Gee, that’s just really interesting. I guess the President had better go get a gun himself, or he might not have much longer to be around.
August 7th, 2009 at 3:02 am
I see that your Frontal Obotomy hasn’t dulled that sharp wit of yours Klo-less.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Klo,
Lighten up just a little bit on the Lithium. Take about 3 quarters of your current dose. By all means, do NOT decrease the Thorazine. If anything, you may want to up that a bit.
August 7th, 2009 at 5:15 am
this is me renting a car yesterday
August 7th, 2009 at 5:15 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FIpLWUT3yw
August 7th, 2009 at 5:18 am
MD, Chek is also despised at bejohngalt. wherever it goes, it causes strife.
August 7th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Tim V,
I have NEVER been to that site but I guess her troubles there are my fault also.
August 7th, 2009 at 5:25 am
she is just a mean little bitc* that gets a kick out of stirring people up and ruffling their feathers and then she plays the victim.
August 7th, 2009 at 5:30 am
re chek
JustMary permalink
Once in a while she makes intelligent, rational comments…..but those are few and far between. The rest of the time she personally attacks other posters, and makes disgusting amoral comments. I don’t want a site where we just sit around agreeing with each other, but I don’t want to stab myself in the eyes with a pencil just to avoid seeing comments she makes either. Seems others have this same issue….color me shocked.
August 7th, 2009 at 5:37 am
McCain,
swine flu eh?
well get better soon. drink plenty of fluids.
just think, with swine flu going around, if we had government health care, most men would already be dead
August 7th, 2009 at 5:37 am
Friends,
Let me explain, in a very simple manner, how we can have 240,000 more unemployed and the unemployment rate go down.
BTW, this happened several times with the Bush administration too.
For the unemployment rate to go down, the number of people looking for work must have gone down. Yup, that means that the number of people who have given up looking for work is morethan 240,000 people.
Frank
August 7th, 2009 at 6:24 am
Bottom line: Another 240,000 jobs gone…with NO end in sight!!
August 7th, 2009 at 6:25 am
What is the net job loss for Obama now????
August 7th, 2009 at 6:32 am
klo did you use to dba ‘arch’? sometimes you sound remarkably like him.
August 7th, 2009 at 6:51 am
obama has called out his brown shirts to beat up obamacare protestors
August 7th, 2009 at 7:39 am
after the 93-94 hillarycare proposal died without a vote from congress, a lot of people analyzed that, what she should have done, instead of trying to implement an overhaul of the entire system, was just push for kiddycare, like a medicare for people under 18.
I figure if/when this one dies, analysis will either go in the same direction or a catastrophic care mandate.
Other than ideology, it doesnt seem to make much sense for the dems to go in the direction that they’ve picked. Actually, without kids in the household, all that I want from my health insurance is a guarantee that if something major occurs, I dont have to worry about a financial disaster.
August 7th, 2009 at 7:39 am
“Starting tomorrow, the open threads will begin scrolling like every other post rather than stick to the top all of the time. ”
Perfect !
I tried to make this point a couple days ago.
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Yeah Kate, KLO and Arch do sound like the same butthole.
Harmonizing buttholes ?
I wonder if thats ever happened, or been done.
Where two or more people fart simultaneously and strike a chord. This congress has about as many of the right members that it would take for a good orchestra.
Oh jeez, I crack myself up. These open threads are great !
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KLO;
“Gee, that’s just really interesting. I guess the President had better go get a gun himself, or he might not have much longer to be around.”
I got news for ya bub. Theres already talk of ousting him before his term is up. The tides ar a changin, people are getting hip. And I’m talking about people on the left and not just the code pinkies and trufers. Moderate liberals who’ve had just about enough of this endless stream of boondoggles, lies and broken promises.
McCain.
I caught the piggy flu about a month ago. Its a b*tch because after the major symtoms go away, the fever and stuff, you stay congested for weeks after that. I got a headache from coughing so much. Worst headache I can remember.
You take care, get some rest, I’ll bet it really tired you out.
August 7th, 2009 at 7:47 am
re #2, I can see why race correlates with the marriage variable. It seems like another var that makes as much sense as a proxy for marriage is age. I don’t know the numbers, but it would seem that among voters, the % that is married would rise as people age between 18 and 30, then remain about the same until men start dying around 70. So what the numbers might be saying is that the young and the old are dems, and the middle aged are reps.
August 7th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Eph,
2.8 million Americans have lost jobs since Obama became president.
August 7th, 2009 at 8:00 am
My -197,000 original guess was not that far off.
Here is what I don’t get: We lost close to 350k in the private sector according to figures released on Wed or Thurs. Does that mean the gov hired 100,000?
August 7th, 2009 at 8:03 am
can someone explain these unemployment numbers to me, please? When we lose 350,000 private jobs, is that a gross or a net, i.e., does the 350,000 = jobs lost – jobs gained.