From The Wall Street Journal, 8/12/06:
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115530900265233369-4YyNPGwPyJ1smBROuxGUvEumVpw_20060819.html?mod=blogs
Polls Shows More Americans Favor
Democratic Candidate for Congress
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
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.
The telephone survey, conducted Aug. 4-7, 2006, also revealed a gender
gap in Congressional support:
Of the 1,008 U.S. adults polled, 50% of women favored a Democratic
candidate and 28% a Republican.
Among men, 40% said they would vote for the Democrat candidate and 33%
for the Republican.
When rating the overall job Congress is doing now, 77% of Americans
said Congress is doing an "only fair or poor" job, compared with 21%
who rated it "excellent or pretty good."
That's up from May, when 18% of those polled gave Congress a positive
rating and 80% gave it a negative rating.
In addition, the poll showed President Bush's approval rating was
unchanged from July:
Two-thirds of Americans said he is doing an "only fair or poor" job,
while 34% said he is doing an "excellent or pretty good" job as
president.
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My goodness
Harry
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