(Pew Poll) Tax Cuts Win Broad Bipartisan Support (60%, 65% liberal Democrats)

[denem]

Source: Pew Research

The agreement between President Obama and congressional Republicans to extend tax cuts and unemployment benefits is getting strong bipartisan support. Overall, 60% approve of the agreement while just 22% disapprove.

There are virtually no partisan differences in opinions about the agreement – 63% of Democrats approve of it, as do 62% of Republicans and 60% of independents. Among Democrats, liberals are as supportive of the agreement as are conservative and moderate Democrats.

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Dec. 9-12 among 1,011 adults, finds that on balance more say the agreement will help rather than hurt the U.S. economy and people like themselves.

Nearly half (48%) say the agreement will help the economy, while just 29% think it will hurt the economy. Opinions are similar about the personal impact of the deal: Nearly twice as many say the agreement will help (47%) rather than hurt (25%) people like themselves.

Read more: http://people-press.org/report/684/

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Third Poll on the Subject - Pew: 60% approve, 22% disapprove, cf USA/Gallup 49% - 33% and and WaPo/ABC 69% - 29%. Each poll 1001 adults Cell/Landline
(Liberal Democrats : 65% - 20%}

The WaPo/ABC poll appears to have minimized undecideds by polling for each individual element of the package as well as overall support.

Liberal Democrats? Subpolling suggests that extending unemployment benefits is the critical issue.

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Polls no longer count

when it's convuluted.

The truth is: The Dems doesn't support the tax cuts.

[denem]

3. I'll try and find you one you like.

Reality is 'convuluted '.

[24601]

33. If that were true, they wouldn't pass and the leading Democrat

in the country wouldn't sign the bill.

So you must be wrong.

[sasha031]

2. wait till the repugs start running million $ adds blaming adm. for trillion debt

then we will see what the polls say...

[denem]

4. Debt matters little to Republicans when its Tax Cuts.

The one spending item - Unemployment Benefits aint a winer for them.

[Iliyah]

5. Most

truly doesn't know the details and only hear what the corporate media is spewing with Pres. O as the fronter runner. Again, I believe he knows what he is doing and hopefully is setting traps for the tea bats dba GOP.

[earthside]

17. Bingo!

"Give that man a cigar!"

That same 60% will be blaming the newly engorged federal deficit on ... Barack Obama.

And the very same Repuglicans who made this 'deal' and will vote for this 'deal' will be crucifying Obama (and the Democrats who voted for the 'deal') as profligate spenders who are bankrupting the nation.

Really, there must be something in the water in Washington that makes Democrats stupid.

[OHdem10]

6. I will bet the Unemployment benefits, and those other extensions

like college loans, etc was a big factor.

[Ruperto31]

30. Yep. A little sugar for the working class....

...makes the toxic "medicine" go down.

And a CUT in FICA? While all the time we are being told that Social Security is going broke?

Nothing makes sense anymore.

[bongbong]

7. Misled Americans

The state of political knowledge among Americans is at an all-time low. We also want a "free ride". Thirdly, a huge amount of people STILL think they'll become "rich" some day so they had better not ask for increased taxes on those.

I'm sure the 0.1% will enlighten the masses about the true facts, but of course only after they have been granted dictatorial powers by the SCOTUS. In a few years we'll probably see a bill introduced in Congress called the "Saving Freedom And Liberty By Letting Our Corporate Masters Run Everything" act.

[DeSwiss]

8. First of all.....

...one can make a poll say any damned thing they want. And secondly, the link posted with this so-called story goes NOWHERE.

- so I guess one could say that the link is the same as the poll: ONE BIG FAT 0

[denem]

15. Click Survey reports. The link works fine for me.

[DeSwiss]

21. So you meant this link:

http://people-press.org/reports/

With questions such as this one from the http://people-press.org/reports/questionnaires/684.pdf">actual questionnaire:

As you may know, Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans have reached an agreement to extend tax cuts and unemployment benefits. From what you’ve read and heard, do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of this plan?

And as I suspected, the questions are configured in such a way as to rely upon the knowledge and intelligence of the respondents with respect to the actual status and the particulars of the tax bill. As if they'd admit they didn't know what the question was asking. People (Americans in particular) are funny about not appearing stupid and uninformed. How about asking people something simple that resembles the actual TRUTH, like:

Do you think people making more than $250,000 per year should get a tax cut, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/politics/08impact.html?_r=1&hp">while individuals making less than $20,000 and families making less than $40,000 per year taxes should go up?

And negotiators have agreed that the estimated $900 billion cost of the cuts will simply be added to the deficit — not covered by reductions in spending or increases in other taxes. That is good news for hedge fund managers and private equity investors, who appear to have withstood an effort to get them to pay more by eliminating a quirk in the tax code that allows most of their income to be taxed at just 15 percent. In fact, the only groups likely to face a tax increase are those near the bottom of the income scale — individuals who make less than $20,000 and families with earnings below $40,000. “It’s going to look like the rich are getting richer again,” said Anne Mathias, an analyst for MF Global Inc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/us/politics/08impact.html?_r=1&hp">link

- So like I said above, it's BS......

[denem]

28. "From what you’ve read and heard". The media is the message.

This is politics not political science.

[paulkienitz]

9. well, fuck us.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

10. Just stunning. Billions of dollars turned over to the

mega-rich and everyone is for once in perfect agreement. One percentage point apart!

How strange everyone I know and the posts I read on a variety of forums disagree. How

strange Rep. Sanders office received thousands of calls in opposition to the bill.

I suppose the corruption that pervades in the government, banking industry and corporate world

would not possible be influencing the polls. I mean the polls are the final word and we should

believe unconditionally they are authentic .:sarcasm:

[aquart]

11. Obviously people are massively uninformed.

Any "liberal" who is for this should be ashamed.

[Still a Democrat]

12. The tide has turned for the President

Sorry for the dead enders left behind.

[defendandprotect]

13. If this were true, it could only be caused by rw propaganda .....

who are these people who respond to these polls and who

identify as "liberal" -- ????

[Still a Democrat]

14. Sorry can't hear you...

[Parker CA]

16. Pew also does polls where DU scores better than 95-99% of the country on what's going on in

current events. I don't trust the public opinion. Many are way too uninformed.

[RussBLib]

18. Quick! Take a poll...

...that says what we want!

[HuckleB]

19. :(

:argh:

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[Ruperto31]

31. Liberals want to compromise. It's part of liberal ideology.

Liberalism is a philosophy of reasonableness. It was invented by Enlightenment thinkers who believed that all disagreements can be solved by the use of reason. Reasonable settlements require compromise. So liberals go into a bargaining session ready to "give a little." Conservatives don't give a sh*t about being reasonable, which is why they always win in negotiations.

Moderator: be reasonable, and do not delete this post.

[DeadEyeDyck]

22. no one asked me

[taught_me_patience]

23. Nobody wants to make tough choices that we need to make

so it's "party on" and the politicians are happy to oblige.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

24. Did they poll support of the trillion dollar hole it's going to create?

Oh, they forgot to ask that part.

[robcon]

25. What happened to the link?

n/t

[bvar22]

26. About right.

60% of Americans approve of stealing money from their children.
.
.
.
About right.

(There is no such thing as "Tax Cuts" when running a deficit.
Every cent of these "Tax Cuts" + interest will be repaid,,,,
BY TAXING OUR CHILDREN!!!)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

27. Did they poll support of the trillion dollar hole it's going to create?

Just wondering.

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[Doctor_J]

32. I saw another poll that said it was 31% of liberals

This is BS