{"id":4664,"date":"2010-04-08T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T20:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=4664"},"modified":"2010-04-08T15:07:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T20:07:23","slug":"new-gallup-poll-run-congressional-incumbents-run-to-the-nearest-rehab-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/4664\/new-gallup-poll-run-congressional-incumbents-run-to-the-nearest-rehab-center\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gallup Poll:  Run, Congressional Incumbents, Run&#8230;to the Nearest Rehab Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/127241\/Voters-Issue-Strong-Rebuke-Incumbents-Congress.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">new Gallup poll<\/a> previews &#8220;Nightmare on Nancy&#8217;s Street&#8221; for the upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Several excerpts:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A record-low percentage of U.S. voters \u2013 28% &#8212; say most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected.\u00a0 The previous low was 29% in October 1992.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Additionally, 65% of registered voters \u2013 the highest in Gallup history, and by far the highest in any recent midterm year \u2013 now say most members of Congress do not deserve re-election.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Voters anti-incumbent mood is like nothing Gallup has seen in the past four midterm election cycles.\u00a0 While that could have a negative impact on incumbents from both parties, the greater exposure of the Democrats by virtue of their majority status means greater risk for their candidates.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So here\u2019s our question:\u00a0 If you are a Democrat Congressperp and voted for ObamaCare, Stimulus I through XXIII, Bailouts, Cap and Trade and the Kick Your Constituents\u2019 Dog Bill, would you go near your doctor\u2019s office&#8230;your bank&#8230;your service station&#8230;or even that proverbial Main Street, USA?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Gallup poll previews &#8220;Nightmare on Nancy&#8217;s Street&#8221; for the upcoming midterm elections. Several excerpts:\u00a0 A record-low percentage of U.S. voters \u2013 28% &#8212; say most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected.\u00a0 The previous low was 29% in October 1992.&#8221; Additionally, 65% of registered voters \u2013 the highest in Gallup history, and by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1089,1090,707],"class_list":["post-4664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-gallup-poll","tag-incumbents","tag-midterm-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4666,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664\/revisions\/4666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}