Poll: Dems lead Senate generic by 6 pts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- A mid-November Winston Group survey made public Friday gives the Democrats a 6 point lead on the generic ballot in next year's U.S. Senate races.
Pollster David Winston asked 1,000 registered voters which party would have their vote in the November 2004 Senate contests: 47 percent picked Democrats, 41 percent picked Republicans.
The survey, conducted in mid-November for Senate Republicans, showed 50 percent of respondents said the country was on the wrong track, an increase of 3 percent over an identical survey at the end of October.
Voters said the economy was the most important issue in determining their vote for Congress. At 21 percent, it led the list, followed by national defense, 12 percent, and education and health care, which tied at 10 percent.
As to Senate business, the country appears evenly split on the use of the filibuster to stop the progress of President George W. Bush's judicial nominations, something to which Senate Republicans have given a lot of attention.
Asked if the filibuster was an acceptable way to keep Bush's judicial nominees from receiving confirmation, 45 percent it was not acceptable while 45 percent said it was.
The survey has a margin of error of 3 percent. |
