New Poll Finds Republicans in 'State of Collapse'

New Poll Finds Republicans in ‘State of Collapse’

“A resurgence of unmarried women”

PoliticsFebruary 2012 • Views: 34,001

A new survey from Democracy Corps finds Republicans in deep trouble at almost all levels, and new voter enthusiasm among Democrats — especially among unmarried women, oddly enough.

A new Democracy Corps (D) survey finds the Republican brand “is in a state of collapse — over 50 percent of voters give the Republican Party a cool, negative rating. The presidential race and the congressional battles are interacting with each other to drive down their lead candidate, the party, and perceptions of the congressional Republicans.” …

Most interesting: Voters who gave Democrats their victories in 2006 and 2008 “have returned in a big way” led by “a resurgence and re-engagement of unmarried women.”

Democracy Corps is a non-profit founded by James Carville, so I’m sure they have a liberal agenda, but the poll seems to have been conducted professionally and scientifically; you can check out the questions and results here (PDF).

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38 comments

HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:46:20pm

Cue the right wing attacks on the unmarried women.

Obdicut Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:47:07pm

There are seriously Freeper threads where they advocate taking the right to vote away from women.

HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:49:30pm

re: #2 Obdicut

There are seriously Freeper threads where they advocate taking the right to vote away from women.

That seems to be a reoccurring right wing theme. Take away the vote from groups who don't vote for us. I can tell you as a former student, they've always had hostility to us voting. Why? Because students vote Democratic mostly and in their fucked up mindset have "no responsibilities."

Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:51:38pm

I have to admire the scale of this GOP-driven false flag effort to discredit itself. It's almost zen. "What is the sound of one party flailing?"
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Kragar Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:51:48pm

Why would they be collapsing when they have visionaries like Rick Santorum leading the party?

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goddamnedfrank Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:53:01pm

re: #2 Obdicut

There are seriously Freeper threads where they advocate taking the right to vote away from women.

Perhaps they're unaware that women are born with trigger fingers too.

Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:53:03pm

re: #2 Obdicut

There are seriously Freeper threads where they advocate taking the right to vote away from women.

OK, here's one: Women's Right to Vote, the Beginning of the End for America?

Bulworth Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:53:24pm

Where's Pat Caddel and Doug Schoen? Surely this is bad news for Obama. /

Kragar Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:53:50pm

re: #7 goddamnedfrank

Perhaps they're unaware that women are born with trigger fingers too.

According to Bryan Fischer, they lack the strength to pull a trigger.

HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:54:34pm

re: #10 Kragar

According to Bryan Fischer, they lack the strength to pull a trigger.

"because of their DNA." In otherwords Fischer pulls falsehoods out of his asshole again.

Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:56:01pm

re: #8 Gus

OK, here's one: Women's Right to Vote, the Beginning of the End for America?

Sample comment:

It’s dangerous to make broad generalizations. But it is true. Women tend more to think emotionally than men do. And our government today would be much more conservative had women never been allowed to vote.

Then there was Ann Coulter:

If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.

nines09 Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:57:05pm

GOP/TP. One armband away. Just maybe people are starting to pay attention.

HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:58:22pm

re: #12 Gus

Sample comment:

Then there was Ann Coulter:

This quote tells you what a miserable person Ann Coulter is. She'd be willing to take a basic personal freedom from women simply because she hates Democrats that much.

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:59:50pm

re: #14 HappyWarrior

This quote tells you what a miserable person Ann Coulter is. She'd be willing to take a basic personal freedom from women simply because she hates Democrats that much.

I think she just says whatever the fuck. The only thing she really hates is that part of the universe that isn't Attention Paid to Ann Coulter.

goddamnedfrank Thu, Feb 16, 2012 1:59:52pm

re: #10 Kragar

According to Bryan Fischer, they lack the strength to pull a trigger.

That's because Bryan Fischer has never met a woman who hasn't been dosed with Rohypnol.

erik_t Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:01:39pm

For all the profound insanity of the GOP, and hooo-boy that there is some powerful stupid-crazy, the last month or three has left me pretty optimistic about the future of this country. This helps.

HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:02:27pm

re: #15 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

I think she just says whatever the fuck. The only thing she really hates is that part of the universe that isn't Attention Paid to Ann Coulter.

Probably. I still stand by saying she's probably miserable inside. I mean you gotta be if you make your fortune off of the books she writes. I don't know who's more pathetic. Her for continuing to write them or the idiots who keep on buying them.

Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:06:01pm

re: #15 Bishop Cornwallis Gobbletot

I think she just says whatever the fuck. The only thing she really hates is that part of the universe that isn't Attention Paid to Ann Coulter.

I'm pretty sure she believes everything she says. She became famous because she was a wingnut and remains a wingnut. It may seem contrived but she's the genuine article.

JAFO Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:07:26pm

re: #19 Gus

I'm pretty sure she believes everything she says. She became famous because she was a wingnut and remains a wingnut. It may seem contrived but she's the genuine article.

Pffftt, she's a RINO.

Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:14:27pm

Former President Eisenhower backed birth control plan - 1968 news.google.com/newspapers?nid… #p2 #tlot
— Gus (@Gus_802) February 16, 2012

Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:16:02pm

"I thought and said that birth control was not the business of our federal government. The facts changed my mind." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1968

dallasdoc Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:16:11pm

smile, big smile, maybe, just maybe, sanity will prevail.

dragonath Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:18:17pm

I just looked at the the Wikipedia article for the 19th Amendment. There's a section at the bottom of the article about how some guy took his case against it all the way to the Supreme Court. His argument... "Destroyed state autonomy"

There's that term again. Same as it ever was.

Kragar Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:19:03pm

re: #21 Gus

Ike was a commie who hated the defense industry.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:19:48pm

re: #21 Gus

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Excellent find. Really Ike, Nixon, and Ford if they were still with us would be amazed at how nutty their party had become.

Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:19:48pm

re: #25 Kragar

Ike was a commie who hated the defense industry.
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That's why he let the Russkies take Berlin in 1945.
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Gus Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:22:13pm

re: #26 HappyWarrior

Excellent find. Really Ike, Nixon, and Ford if they were still with us would be amazed at how nutty their party had become.

YW. Yeah, it suddenly occurred to me. "What would Ike's opinion on this be?"

Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:26:26pm

The other thing I want to know is what state the Koch's want to buy 80% of...

A Man for all Seasons Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:26:56pm

re: #26 HappyWarrior

Excellent find. Really Ike, Nixon, and Ford if they were still with us would be amazed at how nutty their party had become.

Well, Nixon was the most corrupt President in the History of the United States. Just because he did a few good things doesn't change that.
IMHO

HappyWarrior Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:28:34pm

re: #30 The Hoopster

Well, Nixon was the most corrupt President in the History of the United States. Just because he did a few good things doesn't change that.
IMHO

Corrupt, yes, but not insane to the point of flipping out over birth control.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:40:37pm

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Ming Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:42:27pm

No surprise that many Republicans are wondering how they got to where they are now. Their entire focus has been on manufacturing lies about, and hating, one person: Barack Obama.

They couldn't care less about strengthening the economic recovery. Actually, many Republicans would be delighted to see a weak economy in 2012, since that would be bad for Obama.

They aren't interested in doing much of anything, except, as Mitch McConnell put it, making Obama a one-term president.

This is where the Republican Party has been psychologically for at least the past year. The sole yardstick by which they measure their presidential candidates is: can he beat Obama? They're just not real INTERESTED in anything else.

No wonder they're feeling demoralized.

chaosium Thu, Feb 16, 2012 2:56:17pm

re: #18 HappyWarrior

Probably. I still stand by saying she's probably miserable inside. I mean you gotta be if you make your fortune off of the books she writes. I don't know who's more pathetic. Her for continuing to write them or the idiots who keep on buying them.

Compartmentalization ensures her continued happiness, no matter what she does or says.

chaosium Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:05:17pm

re: #33 Ming

Yeah, but that assumes that this hasn't been working well enough for them so far. Just enough in the short term is enough to justify their continued behavior.

Tigger2005 Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:19:52pm

re: #22 Gus

"I thought and said that birth control was not the business of our federal government. The facts changed my mind." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1968

What a wimp. Allowing his God-given convictions to be overridden by simple facts.

teresa Thu, Feb 16, 2012 3:56:44pm

This collapse isn't shocking though, in fact the reasons for the collapse were evident today during Daryl Issa's sham hearing on contraception. Most women, not just unmarried women can see exactly what is going on here, the Republican Party doesn't just lack respect overall for women, they believe we are children, we lack the capacity to make our own decisions about our lives.

What we are witnessing is the massive overreach for which these folks are famous. This is what they learned during Gingrich's tenure as Speaker. You'd think they would have learned after the humiliating defeat of Gingrich, but no, they have not just doubled-downed, they've dug in, and have taken the culture war to a new level, one where they've assured themselves of a loss in November. The only question is how big will they lose, will it be a 1964 style wipe-out? I know one thing for sure, I will enjoy immensely their defeat in the fall.

SmithCommaJohn Fri, Feb 17, 2012 11:09:52am

re: #21 Gus

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My god! Look at those deals on fur coats at Tobey's!

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