Another way the unending GOP primary helps dems

Another way the unending GOP primary helps dems.

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press:

The Republican nomination battle is rallying Democrats behind Barack Obama. Currently, 49% of Democrats say that as they learn more about the GOP candidates, their impression of Obama is getting better. Just 36% of Democrats expressed this view in December, before the Republican primaries began.

In contrast, there has been virtually no change in Republicans? views of the GOP field during this period. Just 26% of Republicans say their impression of the GOP field has improved as they have learned more about the candidates. That is largely unchanged from December (30%).

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and The Washington Post, conducted March 1-4 among 1,009 adults, finds that the overall balance of opinion about the GOP field remains more negative than positive. About three-in-ten (29%) Americans say as they learn more about the field their impression of the Republican candidates has gotten worse, while just 12% say it has gotten better. Half (50%) say their impression has been staying about the same. That is little changed from December.

This follows a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll that showed the primary was turning off voters. Asked for a word or phrase to describe the primaries, the top choices of Republican voters were ?Unenthusiastic,? ?discouraged,? ?lesser of two evils,? ?painful,? ?disappointed,? ?poor choices,? ?concerned,? ?underwhelmed,? ?uninspiring? and ?depressed.?

The difference with the new Pew poll is that it shows Democratic enthusiasm rising, even as other polls show the GOP?s falling. In short, the GOP candidates are managing to piss off everybody, which comes with consequences; in the case of Republican voters, it?s making them want to stay home. But in the case of dems, it makes them want to vote the living crap out of the eventual nominee.

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