Reuters: Bush up, Dems still favored in November: Reuters poll

[Eugene]

Bush up, Dems still favored in November: Reuters poll

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
Reuters
Thursday, September 28, 2006; 7:26 AM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush enjoyed a modest
rise in public approval after his recent political offensive on Iraq and
security, but voters still favor Democrats in the November 7
congressional election, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released
on Thursday.

Six weeks before voters decide which party controls the U.S. Congress,
a majority thinks the country is on the wrong track and nearly three-
quarters give the Republican-led Congress negative marks for its job
performance.

Democrats have an edge of 9 percentage points, 42 percent to 33 percent,
over Republicans when voters were asked which party's candidate they will
support in November, the poll found. But voters were evenly split when
asked which party they preferred to lead Congress.

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But Zogby said Republicans could benefit from the climb in Bush's approval,
sparked by increased support among his base voters. The poll found 42
percent of voters thought Bush's job performance was excellent or good,
up from 39 percent two weeks ago and 34 percent in mid-August.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092800326.html

[jackbourassa]

1. 42% IF TRUE...still sucks!

It's still less than what Clinton had in 1994.

[rodeodance]

2. guess the terror stuff is working for some