POLL RESULTS: Congressional Bipartisanship and in States 1
Voters think Congress is dysfunctional and reject the suggestion that it is effective. Please indicate whether you think this word or phrase describes the United States Congress, or not. Dysfunctional 60 60 61 64 Broken 56 58 58 60 Ineffective 54 54 55 56 Gridlocked 50 48 52 50 Partisan 42 37 40 33 0 Bipartisan Has America's best interests at heart 3 7 8 7 8 3 2 3 Functioning 2 2 2 3 Effective 2 2 2 3 2
Political frustrations center around politicians inability to collaborate in a productive way. Which of these problems frustrates you the most? Politicians can t work together to get things done anymore. 41 37 41 39 Career politicians have been in office too long and don t understand the needs of regular people. 29 30 30 30 Politicians are politicizing issues that really shouldn t be politicized. 14 13 12 14 Out political system is broken and doesn t work for me. 12 15 12 12 3
Candidates who brand themselves as bipartisan will have a better chance of winning in upcoming elections. For which candidate for Congress would you be more likely to vote? A candidate who is willing to compromise to get things done 72 74 70 73 A candidate who will vote for bipartisan legislation 83 86 82 88 A candidate who will stay true to his/her principles and not make any concessions 28 26 30 27 A candidate who will resist bipartisan legislation and stick with his/her party 17 14 18 12 4
Across the country, voters agree that they want members of Congress to work together. I want members of Congress to work together. Strongly Agree Somewhat Agree NET AGREE 78 18 96 79 14 93 77 19 96 79 14 93 My member of Congress should work in a bipartisan fashion with other members of Congress. Strongly Agree 45 45 41 36 Somewhat Agree NET AGREE 85 81 46 49 42 37 88 87 5
Their constituents believe that members of Congress should work to find compromise on the big issues. In dealing with legislation on each of these issues, which comes closer to your view? Members of Congress should stick to their principles and not compromise with members of the other party. Members of Congress should work to find compromise with members of the other party. Building/Improving Roads and Bridges Health Care Tax Reform Education Policy and School Choice Minimum Wage Immigration Policy Privacy Gun Control/ 2 nd Amendment Issues Open Internet/Net Neutrality KEY 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 % close to view 6
Congressional leaders of both parties have negative favorability ratings. Party Leadership Favorability %Favorable/%Unfavorable Nancy Pelosi 28/54 15/59 27/54 16/58 Paul Ryan 28/54 24/48 28/55 23/50 Chuck Schumer 24/37 15/38 23/36 13/41 Mitch McConnell 13/55 9/49 11/56 9/52 7
Methodology Voters Global Strategy Group conducted an online survey of 3,666 interviews among registered voters, including 2,039 nationwide and 2,346 among registered voters in battleground states between October 3 and 11, 2017. states consisted of Florida, New Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, and Montana. Voters considered to be independent were those who identified as independent and did not lean toward either party or indicated that they had split their tickets between Democratic and Republican candidates in recent national, statewide, and local elections. 8
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