By Michael Woyton
Is the United States of America in a political crisis?
An overwhelming number of registered voters think it is, according to the Quinnipiac Poll released yesterday.
And the breakdown is pretty telling, too, because 93 percent of Democrats, 84 percent of independents and, surprisingly, 60 percent of Republicans said this country is indeed in a political crisis.
Quinnipiac surveyed registered voters from Sept. 18 to Sept. 21, so it was in the period after Charlie Kirk’s murder and up to his memorial service.
The poll found that a majority of voters — 53 percent — are now pessimistic about freedom of speech being protected, with 43 percent saying they are optimistic.
That is a reversal from what Quinnipiac found six months ago, when 54 percent were optimistic and 43, pessimistic.
Couple that with 53 percent of voters believing that the system of democracy in the U.S. is not working, with 41 percent saying it is, while 71 percent of voters believe that politically motivated violence is a very serious problem.
Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said the Kirk assassination “lays bare raw, bipartisan concerns about where the country is heading.”
He said that the numbers tell us that few are confident that these problems will go away anytime soon.
“From a perceived assault on freedom of speech to the fragility of the democracy, a shudder of concern and pessimism rattles a broad swath of the electorate,” Malloy said.
Perhaps needless to say and perhaps not, voters are not gaining any more confidence that the administration of Donald Trump will be the way out from our troubles.
His approval ratings are largely unchanged from the poll’s August 27 survey, Quinnipiac said.
Fifty-four percent of voters disapprove of the way he is handling the job with 38 percent approving.
And the current Oval Office occupant is still underwater on each of the following issues: immigration, foreign policy, trade, the economy, gun violence, the Ukraine-Russia war and the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Trump’s troubling job performance numbers don’t do anything to help either of the two major political parties.
The recent poll found that only 30 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of the Democratic party, while 54 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
How did the Republican Party fare? Thirty-eight percent have a favorable opinion of the party with 51 percent having an unfavorable opinion.
Interestingly, Fox News First chose only to highlight the bad Dem numbers on one of their shows, ignoring how badly their Dear Leader was doing. See it here.
The poll which can be seen in full here surveyed 1,276 registered voters from Sept. 18 to Sept. 21. The margin of error is ±3.3 percentage points.
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