68% Oppose Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
California last week became the latest – and biggest – state to authorize driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. But most voters still strongly oppose letting illegal immigrants drive legally in their state.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Likely U.S. Voters think illegal immigrants should not be eligible for driver’s licenses in their state. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 22% favor allowing illegal immigrants to get licenses in their home state. –Rasmussen Report
California last week became the latest – and biggest – state to authorize driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. But most voters still strongly oppose letting illegal immigrants drive legally in their state.
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of Likely U.S. Voters think illegal immigrants should not be eligible for driver’s licenses in their state. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 22% favor allowing illegal immigrants to get licenses in their home state. –Rasmussen Report
>>>>*<<<<
Tea Party Leader Slams Tea Party Leader Over ‘Idiotic’ Call For Class Action Lawsuit Against Gays
The leader of a Tea Party group teamed up with the head of an anti-gay hate group and called for a class action lawsuit against homosexuality, similar to the 1990′s federal lawsuit against the tobacco companies. Of course, right now if you missed our report, you’re thinking, “So, who exactly would get sued? God? Mother nature?” But put those smart questions on hold because, pardon the phrase, it gets better.
Rick Scarborough is the founder and head of the Tea Party group called Tea Party Unity. He’s the one who last week talked with Americans For Truth About Homosexuality founder Peter LaBarbera and called for “a class action lawsuit” against homosexuality.
Yesterday, David Webb of Tea Party 365 thoroughly denounced Scarborough — at the mother ship of Tea Party websites: Breitbart.
(See. I told you it gets better.)
“Rick Scarborough is not a Tea Partier,” Webb proclaims. “He is not a Tea Party spokesperson, no matter what he, or the media, wants people to believe. Neither he, nor his organization ‘Tea Party Unity’ speaks for the Tea Party, or properly represents our values.”
Of course, there is no “Tea Party National Committee,” as there is a Democratic National Committee. There is no official voice for the Tea Party. You and I could form a Tea party group tomorrow, with just a website and a few money-begging emails. (And tri-cornered hats — those seem to be important.) Heck, there’s even a gay Tea Party group: GOProud.
But claiming that the “Tea Party is and always has been about 4 very simple things: 1) Smaller Government, 2) Fiscal Responsibility, 3) Personal Responsibility, 4) The Constitution,” Webb says members of his very authentic Tea Party group “were quite surprised, and saddened by” the call for an anti-gay class action lawsuit, which they read on Gawker.
As one of the true founding Tea Party groups, TeaParty365 would like to take this opportunity to once again, and once-and-for-all, distance ourselves –and the larger Tea Party Movement– from the self-serving antics of Rick Scarborough, and his ilk.
TeaParty365 does not support this idiotic notion. We feel it is counter-productive to the national conversation, and ultimately harmful to the Tea Party brand, and the country.
Of course, no where does Webb, the now-self-appointed spokesperson for the entire Tea Party, apparently, state that the Tea Party supports LGBT people, same-sex marriage, ENDA, reason, rational thinking, or anything else that the majority of Americans support.
But hey — that Rick Scarborough guy, whoa, “his personal war against homosexuality has nothings [sic] –zero, nada, zilch– to do with the Tea Party.” -The New Civil Rights Movement
The leader of a Tea Party group teamed up with the head of an anti-gay hate group and called for a class action lawsuit against homosexuality, similar to the 1990′s federal lawsuit against the tobacco companies. Of course, right now if you missed our report, you’re thinking, “So, who exactly would get sued? God? Mother nature?” But put those smart questions on hold because, pardon the phrase, it gets better.
Rick Scarborough is the founder and head of the Tea Party group called Tea Party Unity. He’s the one who last week talked with Americans For Truth About Homosexuality founder Peter LaBarbera and called for “a class action lawsuit” against homosexuality.
Yesterday, David Webb of Tea Party 365 thoroughly denounced Scarborough — at the mother ship of Tea Party websites: Breitbart.
(See. I told you it gets better.)
“Rick Scarborough is not a Tea Partier,” Webb proclaims. “He is not a Tea Party spokesperson, no matter what he, or the media, wants people to believe. Neither he, nor his organization ‘Tea Party Unity’ speaks for the Tea Party, or properly represents our values.”
Of course, there is no “Tea Party National Committee,” as there is a Democratic National Committee. There is no official voice for the Tea Party. You and I could form a Tea party group tomorrow, with just a website and a few money-begging emails. (And tri-cornered hats — those seem to be important.) Heck, there’s even a gay Tea Party group: GOProud.
But claiming that the “Tea Party is and always has been about 4 very simple things: 1) Smaller Government, 2) Fiscal Responsibility, 3) Personal Responsibility, 4) The Constitution,” Webb says members of his very authentic Tea Party group “were quite surprised, and saddened by” the call for an anti-gay class action lawsuit, which they read on Gawker.
As one of the true founding Tea Party groups, TeaParty365 would like to take this opportunity to once again, and once-and-for-all, distance ourselves –and the larger Tea Party Movement– from the self-serving antics of Rick Scarborough, and his ilk.
TeaParty365 does not support this idiotic notion. We feel it is counter-productive to the national conversation, and ultimately harmful to the Tea Party brand, and the country.
Of course, no where does Webb, the now-self-appointed spokesperson for the entire Tea Party, apparently, state that the Tea Party supports LGBT people, same-sex marriage, ENDA, reason, rational thinking, or anything else that the majority of Americans support.
But hey — that Rick Scarborough guy, whoa, “his personal war against homosexuality has nothings [sic] –zero, nada, zilch– to do with the Tea Party.” -The New Civil Rights Movement
>>>>*<<<<
50% Consider GOP Congressional Agenda Extreme; 46% Say Same of Democrats
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 33% of Likely U.S. Voters view President Obama in political terms as about the same as they are. Thirty-one percent (31%) say the same of the average Democrat in Congress, but only 23% feel that way about the average congressional Republican. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Fifty-four percent (54%) think the president is more liberal than they are, while nine percent (9%) feel he is more conservative.
Fifty-six percent (56%) believe the average congressional Democrat is more liberal than they are. Only eight percent (8%) see that congressman as more conservative.
As for the average Republican in Congress, 50% think he or she is more conservative than they are, but a surprising 21% consider that GOP member as more liberal.
Overall perceptions have changed little since October 2011, although voters are now slightly more likely to agree with the president and his party members in Congress.
Fifty percent (50%) of voters view the agenda of Republicans in Congress as extreme, while 46% say the same of the Democratic congressional agenda. Thirty-three percent (33%) identify the GOP agenda as mainstream. Forty-one percent (41%) see the Democratic congressional agenda as mainstream.
This marks a shift from August 2010 just before the mid-term congressional elections in which Republicans regained control of the House and Democrats held their majority in the Senate. At that time, 45% said the GOP agenda was mainstream, while 40% considered it extreme. Thirty-seven percent (37%) believed the Democratic agenda was mainstream; 57% said extreme.
The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on October 2-3, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Forty-two percent (42%) of voters identify themselves as conservative on fiscal issues such as taxes, government spending and business regulation. Just half as many (21%) are liberal in this area, while 34% view themselves as moderates.
Most Democratic voters consider the president and the average Democrat in Congress as about the same as they are in political terms.
Republicans remain much more conflicted about their congressional representatives. Findings suggest that these voters don’t think Republicans in Congress are being conservative enough: Only 34% consider the average Republican in Congress about the same as they are politically, but another 34% think that member is more liberal than they are. Just 27% see that congressman as more conservative than they are.
Most voters not affiliated with either major political party don’t identify with either side. Twenty-nine percent (29%) see the president as about the same as they are politically, while 21% and 25% say the same of the average Republican in Congress and the average Democrat in Congress respectively.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of unaffiliated voters consider the agenda of Democrats in Congress to be extreme. A plurality (45%) also believes the Republican congressional agenda is extreme.
Just 56% of Republican voters view the GOP congressional agenda as mainstream, compared to 71% of Democrats who feel that way about the agenda of their party in Congress.
Seventy percent (70%) of all voters consider the president at least somewhat liberal in political terms, including 44% who believe he is Very Liberal.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Republican voters think Republicans in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters from throughout the nation over the last several years. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Democrats, on the other hand, believe Democrats in Congress have done a good job of representing their party's values. –Rasmussen Reports
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 33% of Likely U.S. Voters view President Obama in political terms as about the same as they are. Thirty-one percent (31%) say the same of the average Democrat in Congress, but only 23% feel that way about the average congressional Republican. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Fifty-four percent (54%) think the president is more liberal than they are, while nine percent (9%) feel he is more conservative.
Fifty-six percent (56%) believe the average congressional Democrat is more liberal than they are. Only eight percent (8%) see that congressman as more conservative.
As for the average Republican in Congress, 50% think he or she is more conservative than they are, but a surprising 21% consider that GOP member as more liberal.
Overall perceptions have changed little since October 2011, although voters are now slightly more likely to agree with the president and his party members in Congress.
Fifty percent (50%) of voters view the agenda of Republicans in Congress as extreme, while 46% say the same of the Democratic congressional agenda. Thirty-three percent (33%) identify the GOP agenda as mainstream. Forty-one percent (41%) see the Democratic congressional agenda as mainstream.
This marks a shift from August 2010 just before the mid-term congressional elections in which Republicans regained control of the House and Democrats held their majority in the Senate. At that time, 45% said the GOP agenda was mainstream, while 40% considered it extreme. Thirty-seven percent (37%) believed the Democratic agenda was mainstream; 57% said extreme.
The national survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on October 2-3, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Forty-two percent (42%) of voters identify themselves as conservative on fiscal issues such as taxes, government spending and business regulation. Just half as many (21%) are liberal in this area, while 34% view themselves as moderates.
Most Democratic voters consider the president and the average Democrat in Congress as about the same as they are in political terms.
Republicans remain much more conflicted about their congressional representatives. Findings suggest that these voters don’t think Republicans in Congress are being conservative enough: Only 34% consider the average Republican in Congress about the same as they are politically, but another 34% think that member is more liberal than they are. Just 27% see that congressman as more conservative than they are.
Most voters not affiliated with either major political party don’t identify with either side. Twenty-nine percent (29%) see the president as about the same as they are politically, while 21% and 25% say the same of the average Republican in Congress and the average Democrat in Congress respectively.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of unaffiliated voters consider the agenda of Democrats in Congress to be extreme. A plurality (45%) also believes the Republican congressional agenda is extreme.
Just 56% of Republican voters view the GOP congressional agenda as mainstream, compared to 71% of Democrats who feel that way about the agenda of their party in Congress.
Seventy percent (70%) of all voters consider the president at least somewhat liberal in political terms, including 44% who believe he is Very Liberal.
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Republican voters think Republicans in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters from throughout the nation over the last several years. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Democrats, on the other hand, believe Democrats in Congress have done a good job of representing their party's values. –Rasmussen Reports
No comments:
Post a Comment