Democratic Party Maintains Solid Image Advantage Over GOP

Public Prefers Democratic Party to Republican for handling terrorism, military security

Public attitudes toward the two major political parties have not changed much in recent months. That's good news for the Democratic Party, which moved into a superior image position when compared to the Republican Party more than a year ago. Americans not only continue to view the Democratic Party more favorably than the Republican Party in general terms, but they also choose the Democratic party as the preferred party for maintaining the nation's economic ... Full Story »

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Topics: Democrats, Republicans, Republican Nomination
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Sep 25, 2007 - 6:16 AM PDT
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Paul Keene
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by Paul Keene - Oct. 1, 2008

Very nice to see the raw un-spun numbers. Gallup, as always, shows why thet are the oldest and most trusted polling group around.

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Leo Romero
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Andy Jamieson
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by Andy Jamieson - Oct. 1, 2008

The flaws in this information are twofold: (1) We do not know what specific questions were asked. (2) Regard this link: "The vast majority of Americans--as many as 90%, pollsters have told me privately--refuse to answer questions when the wizard calls." Thus, the sampled group is completely unrepresentative. As consumers of journalism, we must be especially skeptical of this kind of material. We owe it to our fellow citizens to point out that since the information is inherently suspicious, there may be some hidden message the pollster is trying to sell us. Caveat Emptor.

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