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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)

Continue reading The December Rasmussen Public Trust Numbers.

I had actually put this together on Sunday, but: well, new baby. Rasmussen’s new trust numbers are out. The short version is: eight for ten for the GOP, and the Democrats’ free-fall from last month have been mostly reset back to September’s numbers…

Nov-09				Oct-09
Issue	Dem	GOP	Diff	Dem	GOP	Diff	Shift
Health Care	42%	44%	(2)	40%	46%	(6)	4
Education	41%	39%	2	38%	43%	(5)	7
Social Security	41%	41%	–	37%	45%	(8)	8
Abortion	38%	43%	(5)	35%	47%	(12)	7
Economy	36%	48%	(12)	35%	49%	(14)	2
Taxes	36%	47%	(11)	35%	50%	(15)	4
Iraq	38%	45%	(7)	31%	50%	(19)	12
Nat’l Security	37%	50%	(13)	31%	54%	(23)	10
Gov’t Ethics	31%	34%	(3)	29%	33%	(4)	1
Immigration	33%	45%	(12)	33%	40%	(7)	(5)

…except for health care, of course.  The Democrats seem to have lost that particular automatic lead. And, on reflection: there’s not much to say about this, except that it’s amazing how quickly a new equilibrium can form in politics. Last year the GOP was trying to get itself more trusted on one out of ten, let alone eight…

Moe Lane

Crossposted to RedState.

[UPDATE] Welcome, AoSHQ readers. And Instapundit readers.  And Jules Crittenden readers, too.  And Hot Air readers, of course.  I cover this every month, you know.

Rasmussen hasn’t written the article yet – but they put the new numbers on their BY THE NUMBERS page.  And it’s not pretty for Democrats:

October 2009				September 2009
Issue	Dem	GOP	Diff	Dem	GOP	Diff	Shift
Health Care	40%	46%	(6)	44%	44%	–	(6)
Education	38%	43%	(5)	45%	40%	5	(10)
Social Security	37%	45%	(8)	43%	41%	2	(10)
Abortion	35%	47%	(12)	37%	44%	(7)	(5)
Economy	35%	49%	(14)	39%	47%	(8)	(6)
Taxes	35%	50%	(15)	40%	48%	(8)	(7)
Iraq	31%	50%	(19)	37%	47%	(10)	(9)
Nat’l Security	31%	54%	(23)	39%	51%	(12)	(11)
Gov’t Ethics	29%	33%	(4)	34%	35%	(1)	(3)
Immigration	33%	40%	(7)	33%	45%	(12)	5

Note the dives on… everything, really, except immigration issues: the GOP increased its lead in 9 out of 10 categories since last month. But particularly note the Health Care, Social Security, Economy, and Taxes numbers. Does the Democratic Party feel like demonizing their opponents on health care rationing some more? – because I think that the GOP can somehow manage to find the strength to keep bearing up under the Democrats’ scorn.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to RedState.

The Democrats may simply have to accept the fact that they no longer can automatically count on the trust of the American people on any topic.

September 2009				August 2009
Issue	Dem	GOP	Diff	Dem	GOP	Diff	Shift
Health Care	44%	44%	–	41%	44%	(3)	3
Education	45%	40%	5	38%	41%	(3)	8
Social Security	43%	41%	2	39%	43%	(4)	6
Abortion	37%	44%	(7)	36%	46%	(10)	3
Economy	39%	47%	(8)	40%	46%	(6)	(2)
Taxes	40%	48%	(8)	35%	51%	(16)	8
Iraq	37%	47%	(10)	42%	42%	–	(10)
Nat’l Security	39%	51%	(12)	43%	47%	(4)	(8)
Gov’t Ethics	34%	35%	(1)	34%	31%	3	(4)
Immigration	33%	45%	(12)	35%	43%	(8)	(4)

Seven out of ten, and one tie.  The good news for the Democrats is that they made some decent recoveries from August’s numbers; the bad news is that August was really bad for them, so they’re still trying to make up ground.  The most important/topical number there – health care – is probably their brightest spot, but being equally trusted on an issue when you’ve spent the last few years being clearly trusted is not the most welcome news in the world.  Particularly when ‘trusting the Democrat’ does not exclude ‘trusting the Democrat to vote the Republican position.’

Moving on: nice to see that the Government Ethics numbers are starting to consistently reflect objective reality, not to mention the Economy ones.  I’m interested how much of that is reflected by cap-and-trade – and how bringing that issue back will affect the Taxes question.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to RedState.