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Democrats Hold Issue Advantage
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| Contributor | GavinBrown |
| Last Edited | GavinBrown Sep 15, 2005 07:06pm |
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| Category | Poll |
| News Date | Friday, September 16, 2005 01:05:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Democratic Party "is widely seen as the party better able to handle a wide range of policy issues," a new Pew Research poll finds. Americans favor Democrats on the party's traditional strengths "such as reforming the health care system and protecting the environment," but pluralities "also pick the Democrats to handle energy problems, Social Security, and education." Democrats also hold a slight edge on handling Iraq and the economy.
The only good news for Republicans is that they still hold an edge on terrorism with 45% saying the GOP "can do a better job on this, while 34% choose the Democrats. But even here, the GOP's edge has narrowed significantly as the Democrats have made gains." (In fact, an earlier poll today finds this advantage has actually reversed itself.)
More good news for Democrats: They "currently hold a 12-point advantage in the congressional horserace. While most partisans say they plan to stick with their party's candidate, independent voters currently lean Democratic by two-to-one (55% to 27%)."
Bad news for Democrats: "Democratic leaders in Congress receive only a 36% job approval rating overall, the same rating given to their GOP counterparts. The low mark for Democratic leaders reflects significant dissatisfaction among their own partisans."
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