top - ACTION - Command Center2024-03-28T10:11:56Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/topRajjpuut's Folly: Current Lack of Voter "Trust" for Obama NOT Affecting Other Demshttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/rajjpuuts-folly-current-lack2010-07-04T20:00:00.000Z2010-07-04T20:00:00.000ZBob VanDeHeyhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/BobVanDeHey<div><a id="ctl00_cphCenter_ucPosts_rptPosts_ctl00_ucPost_ancGuid" name="f2d2b68d-f630-46b3-a29a-8a1814ed7b6e"></a><br /><div id="ctl00_cphCenter_ucPosts_rptPosts_ctl00_ucPost_Content"><div class="byline"></div><div class="postbody"><div style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000ff;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;">It’s been a bad six months for the Democratic Party, Americans have been largely losing trust in them according to Rasmussen’s recent poll of likely voters. Republicans are now trusted more on nine of the voters' ten top issues according to the Rasmussen Report released Friday, July 2<sup><font size="2">nd</font></sup>. The biggest advantage for the G.O.P. comes on National Security where they own a 17% edge. The Democrats for the fifth month in a row are seen as slightly more ethical (2% edge).</span></span></strong></div><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#800000;"><span><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><font face=""><strong>Issue Trust Dems</strong> <span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong>more</strong> <strong style="font-size:14pt;">Trust GOP</strong></span></font></span></span></span></span> <span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><strong style="font-size:12pt;">more</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;color:#008000;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Economy 39% 48%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#008000;"><font face="">Gov’t Ethics 33% 29%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Immigration 32% 47%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#008000;"><font face="">National Security 34% 51%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Abortion 36% 46%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#008000;"><font face="">Taxes 36% 52%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Social Security 37% 48%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#008000;"><font face="">Health Care 40% 51%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Education 41% 43%</font></span></span></span></strong></p><div style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face=""><span style="color:#008000;"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;">Iraq 36% 45%</span></span></strong></span></font></span></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></div><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Meanwhile, 40% of likely voters call the Obama administration LESS ethical than most past administrations; 31% believe the current administration is MORE ethical than past administrations; and 26% say they’re ABOUT the SAME ethically as past administrations were. This marks a decided loss of trust for the Obama adminstration in the last year when 54% rated the president’s and his people as more ethical.</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">As far as Obama, personally, 39% say he is LESS ethical than most past presidents; 28% say he is MORE ethical; and 28% are not sure. Since ethics is the only area in which Democrats have earned more trust than Republicans over the last two months of Rasmussen Reports, the broader base of Democratic officials are not being hurt by the President on this issue.</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Ya’all live long, strong and ornery,</font></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="line-height:200%;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height:200%;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="background-color:#FFFF00;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><font face="">Rajjpuut</font></span></span></span></strong></p></div></div><div id="ctl00_cphCenter_ucPosts_rptPosts_ctl00_ucPost_pnlTags" class="tags"></div></div>