In the last edition of the TRUNK, we spoke a little about the recent Gallup Poll showing President Bush's Approval Ratings on the rise, and the Generic Congressional races becoming much more close. Here is an article from Gallup on the Congressional races:
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today/Gallup survey finds Republicans edging closer to the Democrats in voter preferences for this year's midterm congressional elections, mirroring the slight increase seen in President Bush's job approval rating on the same poll.
According to the August 18-20 poll, the Democrats now lead the Republicans by two points, 47% vs. 45%, as the party more registered voters say they will support in this fall's congressional elections. That is down from a 9-point lead earlier this month, and an average Democratic lead of 10 points in the previous three polls conducted in July and August. It also represents the Republicans' best performance in a single poll during the 2006 election cycle on this important measure of electoral strength.
At the same time, Bush's overall job approval rating rose from 37% in early August to 42% currently. Both this and the narrowing of the Democratic lead for Congress may be tied to a mini surge in public approval of the way Bush is handling terrorism in the wake of recent news about a foiled terrorist plot to blow up several airplanes headed for the United States.
Bush's approval rating for handling terrorism -- typically his best-rated issue -- increased by eight percentage points since July (from 47% to 55%), at the same time his score on a range of other policy issues remained the same.
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