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Related: About this forum"Americans' Preference Shifts Toward One-Party Government" by Andrew Dugan at Gallup
Americans' Preference Shifts Toward One-Party Governmentby Andrew Dugan at Gallup
http://www.gallup.com/poll/157739/americans-preference-shifts-toward-one-party-government.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines%20-%20Politics
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A record-high 38% of Americans prefer that the same party control the presidency and Congress, while a record-low 23% say it would be better if the president and Congress were from different parties and 33% say it doesn't make any difference. While Americans tend to lean toward one-party government over divided government in presidential election years, this year finds the biggest gap in preferences for the former over the latter and is a major shift in views from one year ago.
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"Americans' Preference Shifts Toward One-Party Government" by Andrew Dugan at Gallup (Original Post)
applegrove
Sep 2012
OP
America has always been far more Left on the issues than its gov't and media allows. It's not about
leveymg
Sep 2012
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applegrove
(118,688 posts)1. Please let it be a harbinger of the House and Senate Races.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)2. People are tired of gridlock nt
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)4. The Republicans are going to obstruct themselves into extinction.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)5. America has always been far more Left on the issues than its gov't and media allows. It's not about
One-Party, it's about caging the 1% so the rest can survive.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)6. I can hear wing nut minds exploding...
and the conspiracy theories hatching.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)7. You must have superlative hearing. I wouldn't think exploding RW brains could make much noise. n/t
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)8. Good!