Analysts Compare November 2006 with 1994
And at MSNBC, analysis of the same poll data "finds approval of the GOP-held Congress is at its lowest mark in 14 years, the Republican Party's favorability rating is at an all-time low and President George W. Bush's approval rating remains mired in the 30s."
Not surprisingly, then, 52 percent of those polled (1,006, 3.1% +/- MOE) prefer Democrats control Congress; only 37 percent want Republicans to retain power.
And public opinion on Iraq has clearly turned. In June, voters were split on how they felt about progress in Iraq. In this poll, 68 percent are "less optimistic" about how the war is going, compared with 20 percent who are "more optimistic."
Now if we could only get the election machinery and processes running smoothly ... more on this tomorrow.
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Its long been said that what goes around comes around and this new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll seems to be an indication that the GOP is fast approaching a first hand encounter with the short end of the proverbial stick. For the Party that has sought to make terror and fear the surf and turf of their pre-election voter menu, they may instead find themselves bogged down in the sands of scandal as a fast approaching wave is about to sweep them out of power in a classic example of voter house cleaning.
Clearly, the most significant finding in this new poll is that the Democrats may be finally closing the deal with voters…something they have been unable to achieve in recent election cycles. If the Democrats are in fact now seen as a favorable alternative to the GOP, it may well signal that the country has not only rejected more of the same from the Republican Party but decided that the nation needs to move in a decidedly new direction.
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Thanks, Daniel. I am not convinced that public opinion reflects voter approval of Democratic candidate messages …. so much as it reflects unhappiness with Republicans in general.
Remember - people may be upset about “Congress” but that does not always translate into being unhappy with *their* congress-critter.
Kathy