May 25 2005

Gallup Stunner on Filibuster

Published by at 9:13 pm under All General Discussions,Filibuster Showdown

[Hat Tip to Newsmax on this one]

69% want the democrats to stop filibustering and give nominees up or down vote.

The bombshell survey found that 35 percent “want to see the filibuster rules changed so that those judicial nominees are subject to an up-or-down vote,” Gallup said.

Thirty-four percent “want to see the filibuster rule preserved” but “would like to see the Senate have an up-or-down vote on those nominees.”

Only 19 percent told Gallup that Democrats were right to filibuster judicial appointments, with 12 percent voicing no opinion.

Twenty-four hours after the bombshell poll’s release, news that 69 percent of Americans want Democrats to stop filibustering Bush’s judicial nominees has yet to be reported by a single major U.S. media outlet.


Gallup has this under the subscription section (I ain’t paying for no polls), but look at how they phrase their summary!

After being informed about the issue, 48% of respondents say they favor the Democrats’ side and 40% favor the Republicans’ side. However, when the question is posed differently, 35% of respondents favor the position that Republicans are arguing for, while 19% favor the position that Democrats prefer.

Ugh, even Gallup spins leftwards.

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