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Newsweek Poll: GOP Falling Farther Behind

A new Newsweek poll finds that Republicans are not gaining momentum in the final days before the election, despite the stumping by Bush and Cheney. Rather, they are falling farther behind.

53 percent of Americans want the Democrats to win enough seats to take control of one or both houses of Congress in the midterm elections on Tuesday. Those results are close to early October levels, while less than a third of Americans (32 percent) want Republicans to retain control. If the elections were held today, 54 percent of likely voters say they would support the Democratic candidate in their district versus 38 percent who would vote for the Republican-a 16-point edge for the Democrats.

The war in Iraq is the most critical issue to voters.

....nearly a third of registered voters (32 percent) now say Iraq is the most important issue in deciding their vote. The economy comes in second at 19 percent. And just 12 percent say terrorism, the Republican trump card in the last three elections, is their most important issue. In fact, as millions of Americans fill in their employers’ health-care selection forms for next year, terrorism is statistically tied with health care at 11 percent.

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    Republicans are not gaining momentum... (none / 0) (#1)
    by Edger on Sat Nov 04, 2006 at 11:24:11 AM EST
    ...probably in part because of the stumping by Bush and Cheney. Everytime these two open their mouths in public now or show up to 'support' a candidate they drive another nail in the gop's coffin.

    The heart of the matter... (none / 0) (#3)
    by Edger on Sat Nov 04, 2006 at 01:17:59 PM EST
    There's a great short letter to the editor in the Concord Monitor today from someone in Tilton, New Hampshire, that pretty much says it all:

    Many people will tell you that this election is about Iraq, but it is really about the Bush administration, his lemmings in Congress and his mantra of staying the course.

    If you believe that he's been a uniter and not a divider, that Osama is in jail, that the mission is accomplished, that the economy is doing everyone some good and not just the top 1 percent, that our health care is caring for us, that our constitutional freedoms are intact, that Jesus would vote for Bush, that we still have allies around the world, that the world respects us and you feel more secure when you go to bed at night, stay the course.

    I for one am into a major course correction. Join me and vote for Democrats in New Hampshire and D.C. I've had enough and I am not taking any more.