Voters are in an anti-incumbent mood giving a slight edge to Republicans running for Congress next year according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Aug. 27-30.
Forty-five percent of voters surveyed said they would vote for the Republican candidate for the House or Senate if the election were held now and 41 percent said they would vote for the Democrat PPP said.
Forty-seven percent of voters responding to the survey said they would vote for the incumbent a figure that is usually around 60 percent PPP said.
A lot of recent polling on individual Senate races has suggested Democrats might be in trouble next year and these numbers show that to be more broadly true said Dean Debnam President of Public Policy Polling. Theres a lot of discontent out there and when thats the case the party in power pretty inevitably gets the blame.
Still voters are not happy with either of the two major parties. Thirty-six percent of voters say they approve of the job Democrats in Congress have done and 32 percent approve of the GOPs performance. The two parties combined get a 25 percent approval rating from independent voters.
The PPP survey was based on answers from 596 registered voters nationwide and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Voters are in an anti-incumbent mood giving a slight edge to Republicans running for Congress next year according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Aug. 27-30.
Forty-five percent of voters surveyed said they would vote for the Republican candidate for the House or Senate if the election were held now and 41 percent said they would vote for the Democrat PPP said.
Forty-seven percent of voters responding to the survey said they would vote for the incumbent a figure that is usually around 60 percent PPP said.
A lot of recent polling on individual Senate races has suggested Democrats might be in trouble next year and these numbers show that to be more broadly true said Dean Debnam President of Public Policy Polling. Theres a lot of discontent out there and when thats the case the party in power pretty inevitably gets the blame.
Still voters are not happy with either of the two major parties. Thirty-six percent of voters say they approve of the job Democrats in Congress have done and 32 percent approve of the GOPs performance. The two parties combined get a 25 percent approval rating from independent voters.
The PPP survey was based on answers from 596 registered voters nationwide and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
