52% of Americans support the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for those earning >$250k

[jpljr77]

Check those exit polls the Republicans are touting. Check them hard.

When asked "Bush-Era Tax Cuts Should Be Continued For..." here is how the 17,504 respondents answered:

39% said "All Americans"
37% said "Families Under $250,000"
15% said "No One"

At first, it looks like "All Americans" wins. But if you add the other two responses, you get 52% of respondents favoring the expiration of the tax cuts for families making more than $250,000. And with a 9% no response rate, the number is likely a little higher.

52% of Americans favor killing the Bush tax cuts for high-income earners.
52% of Americans favor killing the Bush tax cuts for high-income earners.
52% of Americans favor killing the Bush tax cuts for high-income earners.
52% of Americans favor killing the Bush tax cuts for high-income earners.

That's the talking point...the "will of the people" as Boner likes to say. I've emailed it to my Senator and Rep., I encourage everyone to do the same.

[montanacowboy]

1. So who cares what the American people want

certainly not their president

[jpljr77]

7. If the current Democratic majority votes to kill the cuts for $250k+ earners...

I doubt the President would veto it.

That's what we need to push: the lame duck action. The exit polls give the ones staying a little cover.

[Turbineguy]

2. Republicans only

tout the "will of the people" when it suits them.

[jpljr77]

3. It's not necessarily a message for Republicans.

They will NEVER, EVER vote to kill ANY part of the Bush tax cuts. Ever.

This is a message for lame duck Democrats and safe ones who are looking for cover to vote for extending the tax cuts only to those under $250,000. Vote the will of the people, folks.

[Bragi]

4. That's the wrong 52 per cent

Just to clarify, the people that they want to listened to are just the ones who voted for them.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. So it's much more than that. -nt

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. I wonder if they would have an appreciable number of responses if they had put an option like

"Families Over $250,000"

You know there are psychopaths who would have selected that one instead of "All Americans".