The full report isn’t up yet, but these are the reported Rasmussen trust numbers for December. Short version: seven out of ten for the GOP, two ties, and the Democrats get to be more trusted on education.
| Dec-09 | Nov-09 | ||||||
| Issue | Dem | GOP | Diff | Dem | GOP | Diff | Shift |
| Health Care | 43% | 46% | (3) | 42% | 44% | (2) | (1) |
| Education | 45% | 39% | 6 | 41% | 39% | 2 | 4 |
| Social Security | 43% | 43% | – | 41% | 41% | – | – |
| Abortion | 39% | 46% | (7) | 38% | 43% | (5) | (2) |
| Economy | 37% | 48% | (11) | 36% | 48% | (12) | 1 |
| Taxes | 38% | 47% | (9) | 36% | 47% | (11) | 2 |
| Iraq | 34% | 49% | (15) | 38% | 45% | (7) | (8) |
| Nat’l Security | 35% | 52% | (17) | 37% | 50% | (13) | (4) |
| Gov’t Ethics | 29% | 29% | – | 31% | 34% | (3) | 3 |
| Immigration | 32% | 47% | (15) | 33% | 45% | (12) | (3) |
Analysis? Sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of my realizing that the GOP’s starting the new year being more trusted on national security, the economy, and health care. Oh, sure, it’d be nice to have better corruption trust numbers, but that metric resets whenever there’s no major Democratic scandal that month; I’ll take these metrics for the 2010 election cycle with nary a qualm. Particularly since the Democrats have apparently decided to highlight immigration issues (R+15) for the spring…
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
The GOP has a large advantage in taxes, economy and natl security.
I think come Nov. these categories influence votes more than education and ethics.
Still hopeful for a very good year.