New Rasmussen poll: It's Obama vs. you
01/29/10
New polling numbers from Rasmussen show an America very much at odds with President Obama's agenda, both as has existed for his first year in office, and as was re-laid out for all of us stupid people who just didn't hear enough of his speeches to make us realize his infallibility:
Fifty-three percent (53%) of likely voters now believe that decreasing the level of government spending will help the U.S. economy. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 24% of voters think that cutting federal spending will hurt the economy. Eleven percent (11%) say it will have no impact, and another 11% aren’t sure.
By a margin of more than 2 to 1, people believe that cutting government spending will improve the economy. That's a pretty staggering figure, especially coming off all the spending in the last decade, and especially in the last year.
But wait, there's more:
To help the economy, 61% say cutting taxes is the way to go, the highest level of support since May. Just 16% now say tax cuts will hurt the economy, and 14% say they will have no impact.
A 4 to 1 margin favor cutting taxes. Still more...
With a lingering 10 percent national unemployment rate, 59% of voters believe cutting taxes is better than increasing government spending as a job-creation tool. But 72% expect the president and Congress to increase government spending instead.
If track record is any harbinger of the future, there's good reason for 72% of people to believe that Obama and the Congress will continue spend in a manner that would make drunken sailors ashamed. And when you actually do the math on Obama's proposed "spending freeze", the supposed money we'll be saving through that amounts to .58% of the FY2011 budget. That's insulting to the intelligence of anyone who passed remedial math.
Even more from Rasmussen:
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of voters say increasing government spending will help the overall economy, but 52% disagree and say it will hurt the economy. Ten percent (10%) say increased government spending will have no impact. These numbers have been fairly consistent for months.
Take that, John Meynard Keynes. And, still more...
Similarly, 20 percent (20%) of voters think tax increases are a good way to help the economy. Sixty percent (60%) of voters think tax increases will hurt the economy, a belief that has been growing in recent months. But again 10% say they will have no impact.
Fifty percent (50%) now say they would vote for a candidate who opposes all tax increases while 36% prefer a candidate who would raise taxes only on the rich. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.
Three times as many people believe tax cuts will hurt the economy than believe they will help it. And for all of that class warfare rhetoric from the left, a tax-the-rich-only guy garners a whopping 36% as compared to the 50% that want a candidate categorically opposed to raising taxes.
One more tidbit:
Most Republicans (70%) and voters not affiliated with either major party (50%) believe a decrease in government spending is good for the economy. Democrats are more closely divided on the question. In part, that’s because while 80% of Republicans and 58% of unaffiliateds say tax cuts help the economy, just 46% of Democrats agree.
Behold Obama's biggest problem: the flight of the independents and the splitting of the Democrat Party.
You heard in Obama's State of the Union that he's sticking to his guns on his far-left, statist agenda.
Obama's message to all the people highlighted by the stats in this poll: "Kiss off. I know better than you."