Polls still looking good for Democrats. * job approval down 6 points

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WASHINGTON - Voters strongly favor Democratic candidates over Republicans in the Nov. 7 congressional election and harbor growing doubts about the Iraq war and the country’s future, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Thursday.

The poll found more than 19 percent of voters are still undecided about their congressional vote. That gives Republicans an opportunity for improvement, but time is running out to change the prevailing public mood.

“There is no question Republicans are in trouble. There is also no question a lot of races remain competitive,” pollster John Zogby said. “But it’s a big hill for Republicans to climb and it’s getting very late.”

The poll found 36 percent of voters thought Bush’s job performance was excellent or good, down from 42 percent a month ago. The job rating for Congress remained the same, with 23 percent calling it excellent or good.

Doubts about the war and the country’s future grew since the last poll in late September. The new survey found 57 percent believe the war in Iraq is not worth the loss of lives, up from 53 percent, and 57 percent believe the country is on the wrong track, up slightly from 55 percent.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15441514/


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[City Lights]

1. 19% of voters remain undecided?

:wtf: How can anyone still be undecided? :argh:

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I'm wondering if those might not be previous Puggy voters who

are really fed up but haven't quite brought themselves to the point of contemplating a vote for a (gasp) Libberul. I'd be satisfied if they remain undecided & stay home.

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3. right. that usually translates into discouraged voters staying out of it

this election will still suffer from non-participation. The promise is from our motivated base.

[Mark E. Smith]

4. Zogby was yapping about ...

... how the GOP was going to hold its Congressional
majorities around a month ago. I tend to believe that
his claims in this article that the GOP could possibly
recover enough to do that now has got to be a little
face-saving on Zogby's part. He's on record for
something that will be shown as being flat-out wrong,
and this article shows some efforts at damage control.

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5. his numbers are even more pessimistic than he is

he admits it's late and republicans are trailing