Poll: Voters Prefer Generic Democrats Over Republicans

CBS

According to a Gallup poll released yesterday, Democrats have taken a six point lead over Republicans in generic ballot preference for the upcoming midterm elections.

The poll, conducted last week, shows that voters prefer Democrats over Republicans by a 49 to 43 percent margin -- the first statistically significant lead for the party since Gallup began tracking the trends weekly in March. Prior to yesterday's poll, support had been leaning in favor of Republicans, who held a four-point or higher lead in three of the polls.

According to a statement by Gallup, the finding is attributable largely to a shift in the preference of independents. While Democratic and Republican support for their own parties remained steady, independent support for Democrats increased five points, from 34 percent to 39 percent.

It is unclear what the cause of this shift was, but one possibility could be the passage of the mammoth financial reform bill last week. A recent CBS News poll indicated that 59 percent of independents said they supported increased government regulation of banks and financial institutions.

Yet despite the shift in voter preference, there was still some good news to be had for Republicans. According to the same poll, voter enthusiasm among Republicans has increased significantly, with the percentage of respondents saying they are "very enthusiastic" about voting in November increasing from 40 to 51 percent. Democratic enthusiasm remained unchanged at 28 percent.

[sharkboy234]

Its Game over for the republicans and say hello to the democrats Hate the tea party hate the tea party.

[kansas1946]

Poll: Voters Prefer Generic Democrats Over Republicans
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If I were Democrats I wouldn't get too cocky about this. When you look sane when compared to a bunch of certifiable lunatics, it is nothing to crow about. I am currently voting for Democrats because the alternative is just too horrible to contemplate.

[magnumdr]

Nobody asked me, and I have been a Democrat for 40 years, except for this election!

[RobAla]

What was the question? Was it:
"Do you favor loving and open minded Democrats, or racist and bigoted Republicans?"

I know this is extreme, but the manner in which a poll question is asked has a lot to do with the answer. I would be interested in seeing how the question was asked. As for the election in November, that will be the poll that counts.

[verypublishedwriter]

It's inconceivable to me that any decent person could ever consider voting Republican/Regressive again. Time and again, these tiny-minded and atrophied-hearted obstructionists show themselves to be, at best, cretins and thugs.

[tsigili]

That's a lie.

The way the democrats have created a dictatorship, in Washington, says that NO ONE, should vote for ANY democrat, in November, at all. The only way to take our country back, is to evict the Democrats.

[RAS08]

??

This is astounding. I would be very interested to find from where the sample was taken. Even if the data were true, the short stories ending of enthusiasm for Republicans adds just enough credibility to make this believable.

[4liberalbias]

I know that I will vote democratic in all 3 states that I have my homes.

I always make sure that anyone that I hire is not a republican voter. They never get to work for me if they are republican voters. Besides, republican voters never take a bath and they stink anyway. My dog knows that republicans stink and it raises it's tail for republicans to smell it's butt.

[JFK2112]

hokori, do some research before opening your mouth and sounding like an idi0t.

[babooph]

Hard to see why the right is so bitter with Obama-3 old republicans in high posts[Pinetta,Gates & Hilary-all good picks too..]-they just seem to like being bitter...