Every once in a while I like to drill down into the details in Rasmussen’s polls to get a sense of the underlying sentiments driving the generic approval ratings. Today there are some very interesting numbers lurking under the surface that should send chills down the spines of Democratic politicians and strategists everywhere. Examine the percentages of voters that believe the following:

Taxes Will Go Down – 14%
Tax Increases Hurt Economy – 53%
Gov’t Spending Will Go Up – 67%
Increases in Gov’t Spending Hurt Economy – 53%
Obama on Economy – Ex/Good – 46%
Obama on Nat’l Sec – Ex/Good – 48%
Trust Obama on Economic Crisis – 30%
Obama Governing as Bipartisan? – 31%
GOPs acting Bipartisan – 24%
Dems acting Bipartisan – 18%
The US is on the Wrong Track – 58%
America’s Best Days in Future – 38%
US is Safer than before 9/11/2001 – 47%

Finally, of ten key issues polled, Americans trust Republicans over Democrats in six of the issues (taxes, economy, war in Iraq, national security, government ethics/corruption and immigration) and are tied with the Dems in a seventh (abortion). Only in the areas of health care, education and Social Security do the Democrats have the trust of those polled. On the number one issue as selected by Americans, the economy, those polled trust Republicans by a 45% to 37% margin, and of the six issues rated by a majority of respondents as “very important”, Republicans are trusted more on four of the issues.

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