Interesting Poll Numbers

[sgrizzle]

55% approve of Taylor, only 33% disapproved.

66% approve of Ron Palmer, 21% disapproved. Even 62% of Turner's district approve.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=071014_1_A7_spanc75583

[RecycleMichael]

I approve those numbers.

[Rico]

Nothing negative about those numbers... Reminds me of cost projections for the Arena..

Just sayin a poll gives the answers to the questions asked and from whom answers.

[RecycleMichael]

I wonder what kind of approval ratings each of us would get if polled? I would hope my wife and kids would score me high, but it would probably vary.

I am always amazed by the low approval ratings of Congress. They have been below 40% for my entire life. You would think that at some point people would think they are doing a good job, but that is not the case.

I guess it just a different circus, same clowns kind of thing.

[chesty]

Congress approval ratings are interesting to think about.

Everybody complains about congress and says they are doing a poor job.  This alone would make someone believe that a major turnover rate would be soon coming because everyone would be voting in new representatives and Senators.

In reality, everyone hates congress, but they all love their elected officials, so we get the status quo because all the same people get re-elected.

I think I could turn this into a good argument for term limits in the House of Reps.

[YoungTulsan]

quote:Originally posted by chesty

Congress approval ratings are interesting to think about.

Everybody complains about congress and says they are doing a poor job.  This alone would make someone believe that a major turnover rate would be soon coming because everyone would be voting in new representatives and Senators.

In reality, everyone hates congress, but they all love their elected officials, so we get the status quo because all the same people get re-elected.

I think I could turn this into a good argument for term limits in the House of Reps.

Congressional approval numbers do not neccesarily mean there will be a turnover at the next election.  All they mean is that the people do not approve of the do-nothingness of the congress in general due to the two partys cancelling out each others agendas.  The country is strongly divided.

[The following numbers are just made up, but explain my point]

Say in Oklahoma 55% of people support Tom Coburn and 45% dissaprove of him.

Of those 55% that support Coburn, a large amount of them disapproves of the democratic congress.

Of the 45% that do not support Coburn, a large amount of them dissaprove of Coburn being in office and thus dissaprove of congress.  Another part of them disapproves of congress due to Republicans stalling democratic efforts.

Everyone has something to be mad about with the congress.  They might support their representative, but disapprove of congress as a whole.