GOP votes to cut food stamps, used most by red states, and Republicans don't like their own party
Congress is the one on ""welfare and food stamps"" (my blog piece) link here
Food Stamp Usage by percentage, February 2011, highest states in dark red, more than 20%
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State unemployment in blue July 2012, Food Stamps in red June 2012
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Republicans unhappy with their own party link here
The poll asked both self-described Democrats and Republicans — including "leaners" — if they think their own parties are taking things in the right or wrong direction. Democrats approved of their party's direction, with 72% saying leadership was taking the party in the right direction to just 21% who said it was taking things in the wrong direction.
But Republicans largely disapprove of their own party's leadership, as has been the case for quite some time now. Just 37% of self-identified Republicans and Republican "leaners" say leadership is taking the party in the right direction. Meanwhile, 52% say it's taking things in the wrong direction.
That's a big change from last August, when Republicans approved of their leadership by a 58-32 margin.
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