45% Say Random Group From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Yoram Gat

It turns out that in my recent post about Rasmussen’s “Mainstream voters” I missed the most juicy part. The irreverence of the “childlike” majority may come as a surprise to those who expect that such ideas would gather “zero” percent support. It turns out that a whole lot of people are not only incapable of running a whelk stall – they are also completely unappreciative of the good services rendered to them by the capable few.

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  1. 36% of Americans think they could do a better job than current government « Equality by lot, on May 27, 2011 at 4:10 am said:

    […] on May 27, 2011 by Yoram Gat A poll previously mentioned on this blog found that in January 2010 45% U.S. public said that a group of people selected at random from the phone book would do a better job addressing the […]

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  2. Rasmussen: 43% Say Random Choices From Phone Book Better Than Current Congress « Equality by lot, on March 8, 2012 at 5:29 pm said:

    […] results are about the same as they were in 2010. Like this:LikeBe the first to like this […]

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