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Opportunity Knocking, a Little Harder This Time
Although the supporting article focuses on a hypothetical Bloomberg candidacy, here are some astonishing numbers from a weekend USA Today/Gallup poll:
In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 58% say the two major parties are doing "such a poor job" that a third party is needed. Just a third say the established parties "do an adequate job of representing the American people."
Wait! There's more:
43% of those surveyed in the new survey identify themselves as independents—significantly more than call themselves Democrats or Republicans. That proportion hasn't been higher in close to a decade.
And finally, the coup de grace:
Neither side now gets high marks from the public. President Bush's disapproval rating reached a high of 66% in the July Gallup Poll, and the June Poll put Congress' disapproval rating even higher, at 71%.
Disapproval ratings. Yow...
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