What party controls Congress?
By E M Barner | Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | PoliticsAccording to a Gallup survey taken at the end of July, 35% of voters don’t know what party their member of Congress belongs to but they thought their representative was doing a better job than the rest of them.
Overall, voters are mad at a “do nothing” Congress. Congress is more likely than the President to be blamed for poor economic conditions and congressional approval ratings are still at historic lows (14% in mid-July). Interestingly, Democrat voters were more disappointed with Congress than Republicans – just 11% of them approved of the job Congress is doing.
So the question is, when voters get mad, will Democrat incumbents suffer too?
Maybe this will help them make up their mind:
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E M Barner, the blogger formerly known as DCH / De Civitate Hominis (“concerning the city of man”), writes from a Northern Virginia perspective. Barner has been active in Republican politics and policy since 1994 – as a grassroots volunteer, party leader, and professional.
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What a bunch of crap…The question WAS..”WHO CONTROLS CONGRESS”. In all these Google searches all we get is the same bull crap. We have to read line after line of YOUR stupid rhetoric. A SIMPLE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN answer is too hard? NOOOO! we have to read about your bullcrap “Overall voters are mad at a do nothing congress”….
HERE >>>YOU read where you answered the freaking question! >>>>
According to a Gallup survey taken at the end of July, 35% of voters don’t know what party their member of Congress belongs to but they thought their representative was doing a better job than the rest of them.
Overall, voters are mad at a “do nothing” Congress. Congress is more likely than the President to be blamed for poor economic conditions and congressional approval ratings are still at historic lows (14% in mid-July). Interestingly, Democrat voters were more disappointed with Congress than Republicans – just 11% of them approved of the job Congress is doing.
So the question is, when voters get mad, will Democrat incumbents suffer too?
NO…The question STILL remains is it the DEMOS OR THE REPUBS?
Just answer the question OK?
YOUR AN IDIOT!!!! JACKASS !!! READ THE CONSTITUTION.
A GRAVATAR? SOLIDIFY’S MY POINT!!!!!! LMAO!!
Unfortunately, Lynn’s comments about the Constitution have absolutely no bearing on the question. The Constitution does not show which party controll Congress because that changes with elections.
I like Phil’s comment.
That was fantastic commitment, really it was touching.
Democrats took control of Congress in 2006. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/election.main/index.html
oh… is that… is that… a “liberal” website?
Odd folks still feel the need to comment on this post. Even odder that folks not only don’t read the post itself but the link either:
From the Gallup Poll:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/109267/Voters-Strongly-Backing-Incumbents-Congress.aspx
A fairly large proportion of voters (35%) are unsure whether their member of Congress is a Democrat or a Republican.
thanks lovely….would have searched forever just for a simple answer
I’m currently watching “Hannity & Colmes” (1 Dec 08); where the topic is how little Obama voters knew about politics/the government in comparison to McCain voters- using this very question as the basis to prove their point.
The point of tonights show was to determine “How Obama got elected” — the guest speakers projected an image which implied that individuals who voted for Obama were (are) ignorant to politics and the government.
I noticed that a majority of the individuals that answered the question (incorrectly) were not young — (I assumed they voted before).
All that to say…, why is it that no one took a poll of voters to ask them that question when Pres. George W. Bush as elected or when Former Pres. Bill Clinton was elected?…
Correction 2 Dec
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