Sep 26 2008
AP Poll: Bailout not supported
The AP conducted a new poll today that I hope Congress pays real close attention to.
45% of people oppose the bailout compared to 30% who do. 25% are undecided.
Fewer than four in 10 Republicans, three in 10 Democrats and one in 10 independents said they support the package.
While 57% agreed that a bailout of some form was needed to prevent serious recession, only 35% believed that the plan was the answer to the financial crisis that we’re in.
The AP-Knowledge Networks poll was conducted Sept. 25 and involved online interviews with 671 adults. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.
I’ll be the first to tell you that I take polls for what they are, especially one that only interviewed 671 adults, but I have a feeling numbers would be about the same in a larger poll. We can read between the lines, and giving up that much power to the Federal Reserve, lining the pockets of failed CEO’s, and interjecting the government into places it shouldn’t be is NOT what the American people want.
Please Congress, pay attention!
In other news: The debate is on… At least for now.
