A rising tide: National Journal’s PollTrack reports support for 2006 Democratic candidates is increasing, with 49% of respondents saying they would want to see Dems win control of Congress if elections were held today, while only 36% said they wanted to see the GOP in control, according to a new Associated Press/Ipsos Public Affairs survey.
Curiously, recent high-profile scandals don’t seem to be affecting legislators’ numbers: 34% of respondents said they approve of how Congress is handling its job — up 3 points since December; 63% disapproved.
President Bush, however, didn’t enjoy a similar bump. Just 41 percent said they approved of his job, and 58 percent disapproved. In the last survey, his split was 42/57.
Many of Bush’s numbers on his work on individual issues slipped a few points since AP/Ipsos’ poll in the first week of December. The approve/disapprove split on his handling of domestic matters went from 39/59 to 35/63, and his split on the economy went from 42/55 to 38/60.
