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  Fewer Americans Satisfied With Democrats' Control of Congress
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Last EditedThe Sunset Provision  Mar 29, 2007 10:40pm
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News DateFriday, March 30, 2007 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionPublic support for the Democrats' control of Congress has declined since last November's elections, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

A 54 percent majority of Americans said they're happy that the Democrats won control of Congress, down 6 points since November, Pew reported. Fifty-four percent said they expect the Democratic leaders to succeed in getting their programs passed, down from 59 percent in November.

Even as enthusiasm for the Democrats' victory waned, the party's image improved relative to that of Republicans. Forty- seven percent said the Democratic Party can better manage the federal government, while 31 percent favored Republicans.

The survey also said that Americans consider the frontrunners for the Republican presidential nomination to be more ``moderate'' than the typical Republican voter.

When asked to rate each candidate's ideology on a scale from 1 to 6, with 6 being ``very liberal'' and 1 being ``very conservative,'' former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani scored 3.2 and Arizona Senator John McCain got 3.1. Nationwide, on average, Republican voters ranked themselves at 2.6 on the scale.

The telephone poll of 1,503 adults was conducted March 21- 25 and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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