that was then, this is dumb

NPR: Profile Of The Republican Voter

marieyall:

npr:

90% white (10% nonwhite)
60% are age 50 and older
67% conservative (30% moderate)
57% attend church weekly

89% disapprove of Obama, 71% strongly
90% disapprove of Congress
82% want government to do less

67% are Tea Party supporters
40% say their vote was to send a message in favor of the Tea Party

69% Very worried about the direction of the economy
55% say the stimulus hurt the economy, 35% say it made no difference
Blame for the bad economy is split, 41% blame Obama, 36% blame Wall Street Banks
 
Economic Priority:
47% reducing the budget deficit
26% cutting taxes
20% spending to create jobs
 
80% say they think Congress should move to repeal the Health Care legislation
63% say Congress should vote to continue all of the Bush-era tax cuts
71% oppose same-sex marriage
 
23% Unfavorable view of the Republican Party (just 72% favorable among GOP voters)

Source: Edison Research Exit Polls

I am still utterly baffled by the people who blame Obama for the bad economy. Surely they know that the economy was bad before 2009? That the president doesn’t have that much economic power, and they fight the actions he’s able to take?

Really, in general, I think it’s completely illogical to want the GOP to take back over, but there’s an editorial cartoon somewhere that expresses this thought much better.

(Source: NPR)