New Poll Shows Most Americans Want Democrat For Congress
by Joe Gandelman
A new Wall Street Journal poll shows growing support for Democratic Congressional candidates:
A new poll shows an uptick in support for a Democratic candidate in the next Congressional elections.

When asked whom they would vote for "if elections for Congress were held today," 45% of U.S. adults said they would vote for the Democratic candidate and 30% would vote for the Republican, the Harris Interactive poll shows. In a similar poll in April, 41% supported a Democratic candidate for Congress and 37% supported a Republican.

http://www.themoderatevoice.com/posts/1155505512.shtml

By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Writer | August 11, 2006

WASHINGTON --Republicans determined to win in November are up against a troublesome trend -- growing opposition to President Bush.

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week found the president's approval rating has dropped to 33 percent, matching his low in May. His handling of nearly every issue, from the Iraq war to foreign policy, contributed to the president's decline around the nation, even in the Republican-friendly South.

More sobering for the GOP are the number of voters who backed Bush in 2004 who are ready to vote Democratic in the fall's congressional elections -- 19 percent. These one-time Bush voters are more likely to be female, self-described moderates, low- to middle-income and from the Northeast and Midwest.

Two years after giving the Republican president another term, more than half of these voters -- 57 percent -- disapprove of the job Bush is doing


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/08/11/poll_bush_may_be_hurting_republicans/?p1=MEWell_Pos4

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From Political Wire:


Harris Interactive Poll: If elections for Congress were held today, 45% of Americans say they would vote for the Democratic candidate and 30% would vote for the Republican. Women favor the Democratic candidate by a 50% to 28% margin.

President Bush's approval rating is just 34%.

Newsweek poll: "Right now 53 percent of Americans would like to see the Democrats win control of Congress, compared to just 34 percent who want the Republicans to retain control."

President Bush's approval rating is 38% in this poll.

http://donklephant.com/2006/08/13/ahhhthe-polls/

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Say, Woody, what paper d'ye read?


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