Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Incumbents on the Run


In most elections lots of voters say "throw the bums out," but it's louder than ever this year.
A new poll by the Pew Research Center reports "the most negative attitudes toward congressional incumbents in two decades." 

Just 49% of voters say they would like to see their own member of Congress reelected this fall, while only about a third (32%) would like to see most lawmakers reelected. That finding challenges the old adage that most voters like their representative, even if they dislike Congress as a whole.

Not that we needed another sign of trouble for Democrats, but they are hurt the most by rising anti-incumbency -- there's more of them.

There is nothing civil about civil wars!