Even with the low rating of Congress, an ABC poll this week shows the Dems with the highest "trust" or "do a better job" rating of either party in 16 years:
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"Overall, which party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you trust to do a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next few years?
http://pollingreport.com/institut2.htm
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Dems - 53%
Repubs - 32%
The highest percentage the Repub party ever reached was 51% (after 9/11)
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
many will assume, wrongly, that the country is more left, and suddenly the republicans will look good again to those voters.
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The country is centrist but leaning left...or, put another way, leaning away from the social conservative dominated message of the right. As long as the religious right are the face of the Repub party, centrists will continue to turn away.