Diageo/Hotline: Dems ARE Taking (A Bit Of An) Advantage ...
We'll post highlights from the latest Diageo/Hotline poll throughout the day.
To obtain complete poll results, go to www.diageohotlinepoll.com/
Cong. Dems made some major in-roads this month, more than doubling their generic ballot advantage over GOPers from 7 points last month to 15 this month.
Support among fellow Dems jumped from 79% to 88% and even support among GOPers increased 3 points. A similar trend can be seen in the control of Congress question -- while Dems increased only 1 point, GOPers experienced a dramatic loss falling from 35% to 29%. The 10 points loss of support among their own base is a major reason for this, but not to be overlooked is the 7 point loss among indies.
Congressional approval as a whole has dropped just 1 point, but there have been great shifts within the party ID breakdown. Dem approval dropped from 29% to 19% allowing disapproval to jump 8% among Dems. Balancing the drastic Dem downturn, GOP approval has increased 4 points. This discontent among Dems can be seen beyond Congress too. Looking at the direction of the nation, only 6% of Dems think the nation is heading in the right direction, down from 15% in 1/06.
The nitty-gritty: the poll was conducted 2/16-19 by Financial Dynamics; surveyed 807 regis. voters; margin of error +/- 3.5%; party ID breakdown: 37%D, 36%R, 20%I. [AOIFE MCCARTHY]
For Dems the time is NOW..
I agree. If not now, when? I am concerned about the Repubs rigging the machines or doing whatever they can at the polls to intimidate the voters.
Cathy
Michigan (The once great state)
Just curious: Who writes your headlines? A Republican? Someone who's scared of Republicans? Because the headline on this post sure doesn't match the facts contained within it.
"Cong. Dems . . . more than [doubled] their generic ballot advantage over GOPers from 7 points last month to 15 this month."
"A similar trend can be seen in the control of Congress question -- while Dems increased only 1 point, GOPers experienced a dramatic loss falling from 35% to 29%."
A BIT of an advantage?