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Rasmussen
What They Told
Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 39%, Republicans 39%
26% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
30% Consumers Think Economy Getting Better, 38% Investors Agree
Some of America’s attention has shifted overseas in recent days, but
major problems persist on the homefront.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of voters now think the United States is a
more divided nation than it was four years ago, and Republicans are the
most eager to do something about it at the ballot box.
Voters continue to trust the GOP more than Democrats on the majority of
issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports including the economy,
government spending and immigration.
Voters still expect Republicans to repeal Obamacare if they take
control of Congress in November. As new allegations of fraud surround
the troubled rollout process for the law, nearly half of voters have a
negative opinion of President Obama’s handling of health care issues.
Democrats have led Republicans for most weeks this year, but the two
are tied on the latest Generic Congressional Ballot.
Businessman David Perdue, coming off his Republican runoff win on
Tuesday, holds a six-point lead over Democrat Michelle Nunn in
Georgia’s closely-watched U.S. Senate race.
Longtime Republican Senator Jim Inhofe appears to be cruising
comfortably toward reelection in Oklahoma.
But our first numbers out of the New Mexico governor’s race are quite a
surprise.
Is this the new normal? Americans continue to hold a gloomy assessment
of the economy’s chances for improvement in both the short- and
long-term. Just 25% believe the U.S. economy will be stronger a year
from now...
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