Republicans stunned to learn voters understand exactly what their tax cut did

[Demovictory9]

The American public is, shall we say, less than perfectly informed about matters of politics and policy. For instance, people believe that foreign aid makes up a huge portion of the federal budget, when in truth it accounts for less than 1 percent of federal spending. Indeed, if voters were all well-informed, you’d barely need campaigns at all, since people who pay lots of attention to politics and understand issues are almost impervious to the persuasive efforts of 30-second ads and inflammatory mailers.

But every once in a while, the public will actually figure something out on their own and come to an accurate conclusion about a policy. When this happens, one party or the other is bound to be deeply disappointed that their efforts at mass hornswoggling have failed.

This is the position Republicans now find themselves in, Sahil Kapur and Joshua Green report:

A survey commissioned by the Republican National Committee has led the party to a glum conclusion regarding President Donald Trump’s signature legislative achievement: Voters overwhelmingly believe his tax overhaul helps the wealthy instead of average Americans.

By a 2-to-1 margin — 61 percent to 30 percent — respondents said the law benefits “large corporations and rich Americans” over “middle class families,” according to the survey, which was completed on Sept. 2 by the GOP firm Public Opinion Strategies and obtained by Bloomberg News.

The result was fueled by self-identified independent voters who said by a 36-point margin that large corporations and rich Americans benefit more from the tax law — a result that was even more lopsided among Democrats. Republican voters said by a 38-point margin that the middle class benefits more.

This information is contained in a slide under the title, “But, we’ve lost the messaging battle on the issue.” Indeed they have — they lost both to the Democrats and to reality.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/09/21/republicans-stunned-to-learn-voters-understand-exactly-what-their-tax-cut-did/?utm_term=.065802150227

[smirkymonkey]

1. It's makes me so angry the way the rob us and try to deprive us of even a basic standard of living,

but what is really infuriating is that they think we are so stupid that we are not going to figure out what they are doing. I suppose there is a large part of their base that is that stupid because they still vote republican, but the rest of us see what is going on very clearly.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Rs By A 38 Point Margin...

...think the middle class benefits more????
They are a lost cause!