Rasmussen Survey Tea Party Understands Issues Better than Congress

Rasmussen reports that 52% of U.S. voters believe the average member of the Tea Party movement has a better understanding of the issues facing America today than the average member of Congress, and they believe Tea Party members are more ethical.

Tea Parties on the Issues

Not that Congress cares, of course:

When it comes to those issues, 47% think that their own political views are closer to those of the average Tea Party member than to the views of the average member of Congress. On this point, 26% feel closer to Congress.

Finally, 46% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is more ethical than the average member of Congress. Twenty-seven percent (27%) say that the average member of Congress is more ethical.

 Tea Parties on Socialism

Scott Rasmussen, author of a new book In Search of Self-Governance, says:

“The gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and politicians who want to rule over them may be as big today as the gap between the colonies and England during the 18th century,”

Listen up Karl Rove, John Cornyn, Newt Gingrich, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, even 28% of Democrats say their own views are closer to the average member of the Tea Party, and:

On all questions, Republicans overwhelming prefer the Tea Party. Unaffiliated voters also prefer the Tea Party by wide margins...

...a plurality of women prefer the Tea Party over Congress on every question in the survey. 

Welcome news - sort of a nah na, nah na, nah nah moment.

Democrats Blame Pollster Rasmussen for Failed Agenda and Poor Image

Democrats are ticked at pollster Scott Rasmussen.They believe the Obama image and agenda have been smudged by the President's continually falling poll numbers in numerous categories. Rasmussen is the recipient of liberal blogger wrath. Needless to say, when Rasmussen showed Obama polling high in favorability, Rasmussen was a dollface. For this, Media Matters cannot bash Bush. The Rasmussen Reports are downright embarassing to moonbats. Maybe Rasmussen actually polls a fair sampling of Americans. How unique.

In this Politico report, a University of Wisconsin political scientist, Charles Franklin, says Rasumssen regularly polls Obama's favorables lower than other polls.  Franklin believes he returns a Republican result. Can it be that EVERYONE ELSE polls a Democrat result? Can it be that Rasmussen actually polls a true cross-section of America - and polls only "likely voters?" He claims that is exactly what he does.

The public is all too aware of how Democrats analyze an issue. Here's an example from Media Matters:

“Whether intended or not, Rasmussen polls have been used by conservative voices as talking points, and when that happens on one side it inevitably produces a reaction from the other,” explained Mark Blumenthal, a polling analyst and the editor and publisher of Pollster.com. “Rasmussen produces a lot of data that appear to produce narratives conservatives are promoting, and that causes a reaction.”

Ya, sure, it causes a reaction. Favorable or unfavorable - that's the point of a poll.

More from Franklin:

It’s not just the data that Rasmussen’s critics object to — they also have a problem with the way the firm frames questions in its automated polls, which are the staple of its work.

In August, for example, Rasmussen asked respondents whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement “It’s always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not bureaucrats, are the best judges of how to spend their money.”

Now how should that question be formed? The question is at the heart of the American economy and quality of life. American's have always believed it is better to cut taxes. Why would a pollster assume otherwise, except for the fact that we have a socialist and Marxist man sitting in the Oval Office? The question, however clearly offers the opportunity to disagree. Man-up Dems and understand that if our taxes are raised, bureaucrats will spend our money. There is no gray area here.

On Saturday, January 2, 2010, the following was released:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, released Thursday, shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President.

Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18 (see trends).

The monthly index for December shows the President losing 3 points for the month, and losing 2 points for October and 2 in November. The last poll taken in December was on the 26th. Take a look at the graphic above. The Christmas Eve passage of ObamaCare is not viewed fondly. November saw the same, as it was then becoming evident the Senate would have a vote on the most enslaving, unconstitutional and arrant legislation to come out of Congress in the history of the Nation.

Nasty brats...these Democrats.