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Posted By TimALoftis 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Political NewsThe Democratic Party has soared to its widest advantage over the Republicans in trust to handle the nation’s main problems in 26 years of ABC News/Washington Post polls, aided both by Barack Obama’s strong ratings and George W. Bush’s weak ones.
Fifty-six percent of Americans pick the Democrats to do a better job coping with the main challenges the nation faces over the next few years – the most in polls since 1982 – vs. 23 percent for the Republicans, their lowest on record by a substantial margin.
Preference for the GOP on this measure has dropped by 9 points just since last spring. Then the Democrats held a 21-point advantage, 53-32 percent (matching their best, in January 1993, just after Bill Clinton’s election). Now it’s grown to 33 points. And these compare to a scant 4-point average Democratic advantage in 88 ABC/Post polls to ask the question since September 1982.
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ameliog10 months, 3 weeks ago
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The shift may be continuing.
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What makes this contrast all the more striking is considering the air of confidence the GOP had just a few elections ago. The noise being shouted then was that they'd always win elections because the Dems weren't in touch with the public, had no plans, party of "no", etc.
Yet here we are. So much for certainty.
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