WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Republicans across the United States align with GOP lawmakers in opposing President Obama's policy, but split on the party's direction, a new poll indicates.
Republicans and GOP-leaning independents were overpoweringly negative about Obama and the Democratic Party, with nearly all saying they were dissatisfied with administration's policies and nearly half saying they are "angry" about them, results from a Washington Post poll released Monday indicated.
More than eight in 10 people surveyed say there they would not support his re-election.
While Republicans are united in their opposition to Obama and the Democratic Party, the Post's poll indicated a disarray among Republican voters about the party's direction, congressional leaders and priorities.
Less than half of the Republicans and Republican-leaning voters surveyed said the party's leadership was taking the GOP in the "right direction," the Post said. About four in 10 respondents said they were dissatisfied with policy proposals offered by congressional Republicans, and a similar number said they viewed GOP congressional members as out of touch with the electorate's problems and values.
The Washington Post nationwide telephone poll was conducted by Nov. 19-23 among 1,306 adults, including additional interviews with randomly selected Republicans and Republican-leaning independents for a GOP sub-sample of 804. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of 3 percentage points; 4 percentage points for the sample of 485 Republicans and 5 percentage points for the sample of 319 GOP-leaning independents.
