Mike Marnell, crusading publisher of the Lincoln Eagle of Kingston, NY, sent me a link to a recent Marist Poll which found that about equal proportions of Americans are likely to vote for (42%) and against (43%) incumbents. This is better than last year, when only 37% said that they would vote against incumbents and 51% said that they would vote for them. The poll also found that 56% say that the nation is headed in the wrong direction. That seems high for a republic. The poll also found that 55% of Democrats say that they will support an incumbent while 52% of Republicans say that they will vote for someone else.
The Marist blog posts a table which shows the distribution of the population that feels the country is headed in the wrong direction. Liberals feel that the country is headed in the right direction and independents, Republicans and conservatives feel it is heading in the wrong direction.
This seems hopeful for the nation at large, although Mike is concerned that the predominance of Democrats in New York will prevent improvement here. I have been thinking of buying some land in a more civilized locale, like West Virginia. According to this site a two bedroom house in West Virginia on 22 acres costs $165,000. Why would anyone want to live in New York any more?
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