by Jeff Sovern
Republican pollster Robert Carpenter has written Republicans beware: Your voters like tough rules on Wall Street in the Washington Examiner. Excerpt:
Republicans do the bidding of Wall Street at their own peril.
That is the message of a new poll that I helped conduct around financial reform and consumer protection last month * * *
Fully 67 percent of Republicans want additional, tougher rules on Wall Street, according to the poll, conducted among likely voters * * * Only 19 percent want to avoid further regulation.
In a striking disconnect between Republican lawmakers and their voters, the survey revealed that the rank-and-file are big fans of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau * * *
Fully 67 percent of Republicans want additional, tougher rules on Wall Street, according to the poll, conducted among likely voters last month * * *Only 19 percent want to avoid further regulation.
In a striking disconnect between Republican lawmakers and their voters, the survey revealed that the rank-and-file are big fans of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau * * *
How about forced arbitration? * * * It doesn't go down well with Republicans, who also back a new consumer bureau rule banning forced arbitration.
