Zogby: Democratic Prospects Brighten Heading Into 2006 - GOP Lags

[Mark E. Smith]

Released December 14, 2005

A key measurement of partisan advantage in the United States Congress shows Democrats with a substantial lead in public opinion as the nation heads into 2006 and the important mid-term election season, a new Zogby International survey shows.

Asked if they would "definitely" or "probably" vote for the Democrat or the Republican in next year's fall congressional election, 48% said the Democrat would get their support, compared to 40% who said they would vote for the Republican. While 3% said they plan on supporting a third-party candidate, 9% said they were unsure.

The year-end survey by Zogby International included 1,013 interviews nationwide, and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

The poll shows weakness for Republicans among demographic groups that are typically supportive. In "red" states that favored George W. Bush in the presidential election last year, generic congressional Republicans hold a 46% to 43% advantage over their generic Democratic counterparts. But in "blue" states won by Democrat John Kerry last year, the Democratic lead is much larger - there the congressional Democrat leads by a 54% to 34% margin.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1050

Blue state Republicans must be crapping their silk britches.

[pocket]

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[saltpoint]

2. I hope Zogby's numbers hold into 2006. It would be a real --

-- good thing to be rid of people like Tom DeLay (if he isn't in the slammer by then) and certainly Jean Schmidt of Ohio.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. One of the things that HAS to happen...

Is that real and substantive effort must be made on the part of state organizations to capitalize on this shift.

Sadly, I have seen NOTHING of such effort being made in NJ, and I am in the position to notice.

Thank ghod Bonnie Watson Coleman is moving on.

[saltpoint]

7. Have to agree that a stronger push needs to be made.

I'm more motivated than ever to volunteer, and I bet many other DU folks are already at work on '06, probably several on '08.

[Mark E. Smith]

5. We can only hope

Just to watch all those hideous puffed-up bastards flapping their lips in rage after being tossed from power would be a happiness bordering on the sublime.

[saltpoint]

8. Hi, Mark. Nicely, nicely stated and all of it right, too.

P.S.

I notice the movie poster in your screen field -- for BROKEBUSH MOUNTAIN, about a pseudo-cowboy who can barely speak but who discovers true love in the arms of an Saudi oil minister.

[llmart]

3. Yee haw!

Let's bring those Dems numbers up higher.

[edbermac]

6. Fuck the polls; it ain't Nov 2006 yet!

We'd better not blow this...:grr: