Voters strongly believe the United States is a more
divided nation these days, and they think both sides are to blame. Most are
also ready to do something about it at the ballot box in November.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Likely U.S. Voters say
America is a more divided nation than it was four years ago. A new Rasmussen
Reports national telephone survey finds that just seven percent (7%) think the
country is less divided now, while 21% rate the level of division as about the
same.
Among voters who see more division or about the same
level of it, 35% believe President Obama is to blame. But 34% point the finger
at Republicans in Congress instead. Twenty-three percent (23%) say they’re both
to blame. Just five percent (5%) attribute the division to something else.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of all voters say they are
more likely to vote this year than they have been in past elections. Only four
percent (4%) say they are less likely to do so, while 38% rate their intention
to vote as about the same as in past years.
Perhaps problematic for Democrats is that 65% of GOP
voters and 55% of voters not affiliated with either major party are more likely
to vote this year, compared to 53% of those in the president’s party. But that
could change as the election gets nearer.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters nationwide are at
least somewhat confident that the candidates they vote for will steer the
country in the right direction, but that includes just 19% who are Very
Confident. Thirty-three percent (33%) lack that confidence, with seven percent
(7%) who are Not At All Confident that their candidates will make a difference.
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on
July 17-18, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
Fifty-four
percent (54%) of voters think Republicans are likely to win the Senate in
November, putting them in charge of the entire Congress,
while just 40% feel Democrats are likely to take control of the House of
Representatives away from the GOP.
Forty-six percent (46%) say given the state of
politics in America today, they are following political news more closely than
they have in the past. Fifteen percent (15%) are following political news less
these days, while 39% say their level of attention to that kind of news is
about the same.
Eighty-three percent (83%) of all voters
believe most
of their fellow Americans are not informed voters.
Eighty percent (80%) of Republicans and 69% of
unaffiliated voters think America is a more divided nation than it was four
years ago, a view shared by 55% of Democrats.
Just 25% of
voters nationwide now believe the country is headed in the right direction,
the lowest finding since early December. Eighty-nine percent (89%)
of Republicans and 73% of unaffiliated voters think the country is on the wrong
track. Democrats are evenly divided.
Eighty-three
percent (83%) of working Americans identify themselves as middle class,
and more voters than ever (67%) think the
U.S. economy is unfair to the middle class.
Critics have called for Obama’s impeachment and for
lawsuits challenging his executive actions, but most voters nix both
ideas. Better,
they say, to elect an opposition Congress.
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