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Poll: Public's Loathing of the GOP Hits All Time High.

Couldn't happen to a nicer party.

In the latest Gallup poll, Americans' antipathy for the GOP has increased yet again, with only 34% saying they view the GOP favorably and 61% saying they view the GOP unfavorably, "the highest Gallup has recorded for that party since the measure was established in 1992."

Couldn't happen to a nicer party.

Here's the real fun, though:


The Republican Party heads into the New Year with its brand tattered by the election after decisive losses in the 2008 presidential and congressional races. Such a defeat inevitably leads to introspection in party circles about its message going forward.

Gallup addressed this issue in the recent poll with a question asking, "Over the next few years, would you like to see the Republican Party and its candidates move in a more conservative direction, a less conservative direction, or stay about the same?"


Most rank-and-file Republicans (59%) want to see the party move in a more conservative direction and another 28% want it to remain about the same. Only 12% would prefer to see the Republican Party become less conservative.
Awesome. So if the GOP moves left to try to appeal to independents (who now prefer the Dems by 15 points), they lose their base. And if they move right to try to hold onto their base, they lose independents. Either way, they lose any hope of electoral victory. Titter.
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JJ,
The republican party is the blue blood liberal northeastern rich upper class people. They do not like the Christian Right. Unfortunately they hold the money of the party, but we hold the votes.

The last 8 years the Bush admin has placated this liberal money base by trying and succeeding to make them richer. This is what has virtually destroyed the party.

If the republican party is to survive and become a majority party again, it will have to stick to it's conservative core on social issues, but revamp it's approach to money. A few years ago, someone who best epitomized this viewpoint almost stole a republican primary. After winning New Hampshire, the blue bloods got organized and helped cut his financial support and launched a smear campaign against him until he lost the nomination in 1996. That candidate was Pat Buchanan.
He wanted to put troops on the border and stop the illegaL IMMIGRATION.
He wanted to stop and reverse Nafta and Gatt.
He wanted to get the country away from the northeastern bluebloods. We need a Reagan Democrat approach to the economy.
Extra260, I've had several people to tell me that are Christian conservatives that they did not vote in this election, as they were disappionted that the republicans did not do anything about abortion and gay marriage. They also said to me that they felt like the conservatives should form their own party and get away from the republican and democrat party. They felt like both parties have sold out. I also can agree with what you are saying.

As far as the middle class and the poor people are concerned, I feel like the democrats sold them out and became corporate democrats.
JJ,
I think you and i are alot closer on ideology on economics. We need a more populist view of the ecomony and economics. In the 20 years of Republican rule, their greatest and lasting accomplishment is lowering taxes on the rich from about 65% to 17%. This is why they lost the last election. They were focused on the rich and little else.

The failure of the Republicans to have any success in the social issue front was due to the liberal northeastern REPUBLICAN Senators.

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