Friday, April 23, 2010

75% of GOP, 58% overall, say government broken

A new Fox News poll finds 58 percent of American voters think the federal government is "broken," while 30 percent feel it’s working "just okay" and 9 percent say it’s working "pretty well." Voters are equally frustrated with Democrats in Congress as they are with Republicans in Congress.

The poll also finds nearly one voter in six considers themselves part of the Tea Party movement; and a generic Tea Party candidate takes more votes away from the Republican candidate than the Democrat in midterm election matchups.

Most Republicans -- 75 percent -- feel the government is broken. So do over two-thirds of independents (69 percent).

Among Democrats, 37 percent feel it is broken, while the largest number -- 43 percent -- says it's working "just okay." Despite controlling both houses of Congress and the White House, a 17 percent minority says they feel the government is working "pretty well."

Nearly half of voters -- 47 percent -- are "extremely" or "very" frustrated and upset with Democrats in Congress, while almost as many -- 43 percent -- feel that way about Republicans in Congress.

Likewise, voters are three times as likely to say they disapprove of the job Congress is doing: 22 percent approve and 68 percent disapprove.

With discontent evenly distributed, the midterm elections figure to be tight.

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