http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/21/politics/cnn-poll-shutdown-re-election/index.html?iref=allsearch
In a survey by CNN, 8 in 10 say that the shut down caused a loss of confidence in our government and a majority of those surveyed blamed the republicans for it-- some saying they were too extreme. In addition to these results, 7 in 10 say that the members in congress don't deserve re-election, 4 in 10 saying that about their own representative, and 3/4s of people surveyed say that most Republicans alone don't deserve re-election into congress. These numbers have come about by polls post-governmental shutdown so likewise, results show that only 34% blame Obama for the shutdown which leaves 52% blaming the GOP.
Overall, this article showing the results of one poll, is highly more favorable of the Democratic party within congress. That is very obvious. It does address, however, that not everybody is against the Republican party. There is also a high percentage of people who agree that the Democrats have things to work on and that a lot of the Democrat Congress members don't deserve re-election either. Personally, I agree with the fact that the Republicans are mostly to blame in the issue of the governmental shut down. As discussed in class, the fact that they have repealed the Affordable Care Act 41 times with no alternate solution, tells me that they're not willing to compromise, they're not willing to work and revise, and they're not willing to come up with new ideas to progress this country. Basically, they're a bunch of old men who want a position in Congress, which on a high school level, is like someone running for student council purely for the desire to have and wear the sweater (that is definitely purely opinionated and generalized, I recognize that). The fact of the matter is, though, that this isn't okay, and in my opinion, if the people we have in congress are not working well and doing what they're supposed to do, they need to be out.
In contrast to the above statement, I do believe that the Democrats have room to improve too. They need to be willing to compromise with the Republicans even if they don't want to. In these issues I don't think it's a matter of standing one's ground. . . it's a matter of getting dialogue going, ideas flowing, and bills written for the benefit of the people and country.
As ideal as my two points about both parties are, there really does need to be improvement in congress. The numbers on this one poll by CNN show that there are a lot of unhappy people about the congress members and the job they are doing, and for me personally, I agree that the best solution to fix the problem of things just simply not getting done is to elect completely new people.
In a survey by CNN, 8 in 10 say that the shut down caused a loss of confidence in our government and a majority of those surveyed blamed the republicans for it-- some saying they were too extreme. In addition to these results, 7 in 10 say that the members in congress don't deserve re-election, 4 in 10 saying that about their own representative, and 3/4s of people surveyed say that most Republicans alone don't deserve re-election into congress. These numbers have come about by polls post-governmental shutdown so likewise, results show that only 34% blame Obama for the shutdown which leaves 52% blaming the GOP.
Overall, this article showing the results of one poll, is highly more favorable of the Democratic party within congress. That is very obvious. It does address, however, that not everybody is against the Republican party. There is also a high percentage of people who agree that the Democrats have things to work on and that a lot of the Democrat Congress members don't deserve re-election either. Personally, I agree with the fact that the Republicans are mostly to blame in the issue of the governmental shut down. As discussed in class, the fact that they have repealed the Affordable Care Act 41 times with no alternate solution, tells me that they're not willing to compromise, they're not willing to work and revise, and they're not willing to come up with new ideas to progress this country. Basically, they're a bunch of old men who want a position in Congress, which on a high school level, is like someone running for student council purely for the desire to have and wear the sweater (that is definitely purely opinionated and generalized, I recognize that). The fact of the matter is, though, that this isn't okay, and in my opinion, if the people we have in congress are not working well and doing what they're supposed to do, they need to be out.
In contrast to the above statement, I do believe that the Democrats have room to improve too. They need to be willing to compromise with the Republicans even if they don't want to. In these issues I don't think it's a matter of standing one's ground. . . it's a matter of getting dialogue going, ideas flowing, and bills written for the benefit of the people and country.
As ideal as my two points about both parties are, there really does need to be improvement in congress. The numbers on this one poll by CNN show that there are a lot of unhappy people about the congress members and the job they are doing, and for me personally, I agree that the best solution to fix the problem of things just simply not getting done is to elect completely new people.
This kind of goes with one of Rooneys post about how it may be harder to get Republicans re-elected because of the blame they are recieving or the shutdown. But as we discussed in class people say that right now in the moment this is all happening. Will they remember this in a year or whenever they are supposed to run for election again. The American people seem to have bad memories and really like to focus on what's happening in the now not what happened a year before so the question is will this be same situation this time around?
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