Victory in Florida - District 7
Trust on Issues
Democrats Trusted More on All Ten Electoral Issues Tracked by Rasmussen Reports
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
American voters now trust the Democrats on all ten key electoral issues tracked regularly by Rasmussen Reports. Last month, the GOP’s had an advantage on two issues.
Not surprisingly, the economy is still seen as the most important issue in this year’s presidential campaign--76% of voters say it is a Very Important issue. The Democrats now have a 14-point advantage over the Republicans on this issue, up from eight-points a month ago. Data from the Rasmussen Consumer Index shows that consumer confidence is currently hovering near record lows. Not only is confidence low, three-out-of-four Americans believe that economic conditions are getting worse.
Government Ethics and Corruption is a Very Important issue for 71% of Likely Voters. The Democrats have a huge advantage on this issue—45% now trust them while just 26% prefer the GOP. That lead has also widened since last month, when the Democrats had only a six-point advantage.
Perhaps the biggest surprise comes from the fact that Democrats are now trusted more when it comes to National Security and the War on Terror, an issue long considered a GOP stronghold. The latest polling, however, shows that 49% of voters now trust the Democrats more on this issue while 42% trust the Republicans more. This shift comes at the same time that confidence in the War on Terror has fallen significantly....
On the War in Iraq: This month, the Democrats hold an 11-point lead over the Republicans on that issue. Last month, the Democrats led by just two points on that issue. A separate tracking survey has consistently found that six-out-of-ten Americans want troops home from Iraq within a year.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues
John Mica is the 15th MOST Conservative Congressman in the Nation, Top Extremist Congressman in Florida.
Scott Maxwell, April 19, 2008
Orlando Sentinel
John Mica is the most conservative Congress member in Florida. What's more, he's one of the most conservative in the country. At least that's according to the National Journal, which recently released score cards, based on 2007 voting records.
The conservative medium ranked Mica as the 15th-most-conservative member in the U.S. House.
Based on social, philosophical bents as well as financial ones, Mica's 15th place puts him ahead of other locals, such as Tom Feeney (32nd); Adam Putnam (35th); and Ric Keller (134th).
http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/house/lib_cons.htm?o1=lib_composite&o2=desc
John Mica wins top conservative honors
Scott Maxwell, April 19, 2008
Orlando Sentinel
John Mica is the most conservative Congress member in Florida. What's more, he's one of the most conservative in the country. At least that's according to the National Journal, which recently released score cards, based on 2007 voting records.
The conservative medium ranked Mica as the 15th-most-conservative member in the U.S. House.
Based on social and philosophical bents as financial onesl, Mica's 15th place puts him ahead of other locals, such as Tom Feeney (32nd); Adam Putnam (35th); and Ric Keller (134th).
http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/house/lib_cons.htm?o1=lib_composite&o2=desc
Fewer Voters Identify as Republicans
Democrats Now Have the Advantage in "Swing" States
March 20, 2008
The balance of party identification in the American electorate now favors the Democratic Party by a decidedly larger margin than in either of the two previous presidential election cycles.
In 5,566 interviews with registered voters conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press during the first two months of 2008, 36% identify themselves as Democrats, and just 27% as Republicans. The share of voters who call themselves Republicans has declined by six points since 2004, and represents, on an annualized basis, the lowest percentage of self-identified Republican voters in 16 years of polling by the Center.
The Democratic Party has also built a substantial edge among independent voters. Of the 37% who claim no party identification, 15% lean Democratic, 10% lean Republican, and 12% have no leaning either way. By comparison, in 2004 about equal numbers of independents leaned toward both parties. When "leaners" are combined with partisans, however, the Democratic Party now holds a 14-point advantage among voters nationwide (51% Dem/lean-Dem to 37% Rep/lean-Rep), up from a three-point advantage four years ago.
Despite these trends, the proportion of voters who identify with the Democratic Party outright has not increased in recent years. Currently, 36% say they think of themselves as a Democrat, virtually unchanged from 2004 (35%) and 2000 (35%). Instead, as the proportion of self-identified Republicans has decreased, the percentage of independents has grown substantially, from 32% in 2004 to 37% today.
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/773/fewer-voters-identify-as-republicans
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