Fifty-three per cent of those surveyed would like to see the Democrats win a majority in Congress in the November 7 polls, the latest Newsweek poll shows.
NEW YORK: More than half of Americans want the opposition Democrats to win control of the US Congress during mid-term polls, according to a new survey.
Fifty-three per cent of those surveyed would like to see the Democrats win a majority in Congress in the November 7 polls, the latest Newsweek poll shows.
And while the race is closer among male voters (46 per cent for the Democrats vs. 42 per cent for Republicans), the Democrats lead among women voters 56 to 34 per cent.
For the first time since 2001, more Americans also trust the Democrats than Republicans on moral values, a traditional Republican forte, the poll said.
"A plurality of Americans, 42 per cent, now say they trust Democrats to do a better job of handling moral values; 36 per cent say they trust Republicans more," the poll found.
President George W Bush's approval rating has also fallen to a new all-time low for the Newsweek poll: 33 per cent, down from an already anemic 36 per cent in August.
Only 25 per cent of Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country, while 67 per cent say they are not. Foley's scandal certainly plays a role in Republican unpopularity: 27 per cent of registered voters say the scandal and how the Republican leadership n the House handled it makes them less likely to vote for a Republican Congressional candidate; but 65 per cent say it won't make much difference in determining how they vote.
Americans are equally divided over whether or not Speaker Hastert should resign over mishandling the situation (43 per cent say he should, but 36 per cent say he shouldn't). or the first time in a Newsweek poll, a majority of Americans said they believe the Bush administration knowingly misled the American people in building its case for war against Saddam Hussein: 58 per cent vs. 36 per cent who believe it didn't.
And pessimism over Iraq is at record highs on every score: nearly two in three Americans, 64 per cent, believe the United States is losing ground there; 66 per cent say the war has not made America safer from terrorism (just 29 per cent believe it has); and 53 per cent believe it was a mistake to go to war, again the first time the poll has registered a majority in that camp.
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