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Generic Congressional Ballot Remains Steady This Week: Democrats By 13
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The latest Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot polling shows little change over the past week--47% of voters say they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate, while 34% would for vote for the Republican candidate.

Last week, the Democrats enjoyed a 48% to 34% advantage.

From now through Election Day, Rasmussen Reports will track the Generic Congressional Ballot on a weekly basis.

The telephone survey of 7,000 Likely Voters found that of those voters who consider themselves moderate on fiscal issues, such as taxes and government spending, 59% would vote for their Democratic candidate, while 20% would vote Republican. Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters who consider themselves fiscally conservative would vote for the Republican candidate, while 21% would vote for the Democratic candidate. Eighty-four percent (84%) of fiscally liberal voters would vote Democratic, while just 7% would vote Republican.

When it comes to social issues, voters who consider themselves socially moderate would choose to vote Democratic by a 47% to 30% margin. Republicans, not surprisingly, have the advantage among socially conservative voters, by a 61% to 24% margin. Three out of four socially liberal voters would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate, while just 10% would vote Republican.

The Democrats lead 43% to 38% among men and 51% to 31% among women.

A separate Rasmussen Reports survey released over the weekend found that Democrats are trusted more by voters on all ten electoral issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports, including the economy, which is the top issue among voters this election year.

Ratings for the current Congress remain at all-time lows. Over half of the nation’s voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job. The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures consumer confidence on a daily basis, also continues to hover around record lows. The latest approval ratings for President Bush show that the percentage of voters who give the president a poor rating is just one point above the lowest level ever recorded.

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.

Date

Dem

GOP

06-16-08

47%

34%

06-09-08

48%

34%

06-02-08

47%

34%

05-22-08

47%

39%

04-29-08

46%

41%

04-06-08

43%

37%

03-13-08

44%

40%

02-14-08

44%

40%

01-15-08

43%

38%

12-09-07

46%

36%

11-04-07

46%

35%

10-04-07

48%

36%

09-04-07

50%

32%

08-01-07

47%

37%

07-17-07

46%

37%

06-21-07

46%

34%

05-31-07

45%

38%

05-03-07

47%

36%

04-10-07

45%

35%

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