51% Say Congress Should Stop Funding ACORN Friday, September 18, 2009 Email to a Friend ShareThisAdvertisement Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters now say Congress should end all federal funding of the controversial community organizing group ACORN.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 17% favor continued taxpayer support of the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now. Thirty-two percent (32%) are not sure.
Among those who have been very closely following recent news stories about ACORN, which describes itself as “the nation’s largest grassroots community organization of low- and moderate-income people,” 80% think all federal funding should be ended.
Only 15% of voters now have even a somewhat favorable opinion of ACORN, while 67% have an unfavorable view of the group. Those figures include only three percent (3%) with a very favorable opinion and 47% with a very unfavorable view.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans, 73% of voters not affiliated with either major political party, and 44% of Democrats have an unfavorable view of ACORN.
Liberal voters are evenly divided—35% favorable and 38% unfavorable. Eighty-two percent (82%) of conservative voters give ACORN unfavorable marks along with 60% of political moderates.
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Fifty-seven percent (57%) of all voters also believe that the ongoing criminal investigations of ACORN in several states are primarily the result of illegal behavior on the organization’s part. Twenty percent (20%) say the investigations are politically motivated, and 23% are undecided.
The U.S. Census Bureau had been planning to use ACORN workers to ensure a more accurate count of the U.S. population in 2010, but 64% agree with the Census Bureau’s recent decision to end that relationship. Ten percent (10%) disagree with the bureau’s action, while 26% are not sure.
ACORN employees in several cities have been secretly videotaped advising a man and women how to set up a prostitution business that in at least one case included use of underage girls. ACORN has insisted the videos were illegally filmed and only represent the actions of a few bad employees. The group has launched its own internal investigation of the incidents. ACORN is also being investigated in a number of states for fraudulent voter registration in connection with last year’s election.
67% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the group (ACORN), but that doesn't stop 7 New Britain candidates from being "proud" to accept the endorsement of their front group--Working Families Party.
that's all we need is 7 ACORN radicals in city hall.
Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigated Governor Asks California Attorney General To Look Into Activities, but in New Britain, Democrats are proud to run on the ACORN front group ticket.
51% Say Congress Should Stop Funding ACORN
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Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters now say Congress should end all federal funding of the controversial community organizing group ACORN.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 17% favor continued taxpayer support of the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now. Thirty-two percent (32%) are not sure.
Among those who have been very closely following recent news stories about ACORN, which describes itself as “the nation’s largest grassroots community organization of low- and moderate-income people,” 80% think all federal funding should be ended.
Only 15% of voters now have even a somewhat favorable opinion of ACORN, while 67% have an unfavorable view of the group. Those figures include only three percent (3%) with a very favorable opinion and 47% with a very unfavorable view.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans, 73% of voters not affiliated with either major political party, and 44% of Democrats have an unfavorable view of ACORN.
Liberal voters are evenly divided—35% favorable and 38% unfavorable. Eighty-two percent (82%) of conservative voters give ACORN unfavorable marks along with 60% of political moderates.
(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of all voters also believe that the ongoing criminal investigations of ACORN in several states are primarily the result of illegal behavior on the organization’s part. Twenty percent (20%) say the investigations are politically motivated, and 23% are undecided.
The U.S. Census Bureau had been planning to use ACORN workers to ensure a more accurate count of the U.S. population in 2010, but 64% agree with the Census Bureau’s recent decision to end that relationship. Ten percent (10%) disagree with the bureau’s action, while 26% are not sure.
ACORN employees in several cities have been secretly videotaped advising a man and women how to set up a prostitution business that in at least one case included use of underage girls. ACORN has insisted the videos were illegally filmed and only represent the actions of a few bad employees. The group has launched its own internal investigation of the incidents. ACORN is also being investigated in a number of states for fraudulent voter registration in connection with last year’s election.
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67% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the group (ACORN), but that doesn't stop 7 New Britain candidates from being "proud" to accept the endorsement of their front group--Working Families Party.
ReplyDeletethat's all we need is 7 ACORN radicals in city hall.
Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigated
ReplyDeleteGovernor Asks California Attorney General To Look Into Activities, but in New Britain, Democrats are proud to run on the ACORN front group ticket.
What a bunch of radicals!!!!
A blind man can see the need to distance himself from ACORN, but 7 Democrats in New Britain embrace ACORN as close friend???????
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