fuck no the electorate

In the wake of the health reform repeal vote in the U.S. House and the ongoing legal challenges over the individual mandate, nearly half the country either believes that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been repealed and is no longer law (22 percent) or doesn’t know enough to say whether it is still law (26 percent).

— Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — February 2011 - Kaiser Family Foundation

Newseum | Today’s Front Pages | The New York Times

Summary: Americans trust Democrats more to handle the country’s problems, they think Democrats represent their values better, they think Democrats are more concerned with the needs of people like them, and they think Democrats deserve to be reelected at a higher rate than Republicans. (via The Mind of America | Mother Jones)

Who Signed TARP Into Law? « The Washington Independent

Ignoring Keynesian good sense, 53% of Americans think the federal budget should be balanced “immediately”.

— Polling: This week’s Economist/YouGov poll | The Economist

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