Fifty-eight percent of likely voters say they plan to vote for Democrats in November, compared with 37 percent who say they'll vote GOP. The 21-point gap is five points wider than it was in a CNN poll conducted last week. Among registered voters, the gap is narrower, as 54 percent said they plan to vote for Democrats and 38 percent say they're casting ballots for Republicans. The question has a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.GÇó Asked if they were enthusiastic about voting this year, 51 percent of Democrats said yes, compared with 44 percent of Republicans. The question has a sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
GÇó Those who say most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected dipped from 42 percent last week to 34 percent this week. The number of people who say their own representative deserved another term also dropped, from 57 percent last week to 52 percent this week. The question has a sampling error of 4.5 percentage points.
The poll was conducted Friday through Sunday by Opinion Research Corp.
WASHINGTON — Four weeks before congressional elections, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows Democrats hold a 23-point lead over GOP candidates. That's double the lead Republicans had a month before they seized control of Congress in 1994.
President Bush's approval rating was 37%, down from 44% in a Sept. 15-17 poll. The approval rating for Congress was 24%, down 5 points from last month.