Poll: Big Trouble For Congressional Republicans
President's Approval Rating Unchanged At 36 Percent
POSTED: 7:46 am EDT July 14, 2006
UPDATED: 10:26 am EDT July 14, 2006
WASHINGTON -- A new poll suggests congressional Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their control of Congress in the November elections.
The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll of a thousand adults finds that by an almost 3-1 margin, Americans hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard.
Respondents said they want to see the Democrats take over after a dozen years of Republican rule.
Among nearly 800 people identified as registered voters, those surveyed said they favor Democrats, 51-40 percent. And solid majorities of liberals and moderates and even some conservatives said they'll vote Democratic.
The poll, however, suggests President George W. Bush's freefall may have stopped. His approval rating of 36 percent is basically unchanged from last month.
The overall poll has a margin of error of 3 percentage points and the survey of registered voters had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
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