The latest polling indicates that Americans want a GOP Senate:
According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Annenberg poll, a majority of likely voters – 52 percent – say they would like to see Capitol Hill controlled by Republicans, compared to 41 percent who favor the president’s party. (For registered voters, it’s 46 percent GOP and 42 percent Democrat-controlled.) While neither party can boast stellar approval ratings, those surveyed gave Republicans better marks when asked whether what they’ve heard, seen or read in the past few weeks has made them feel more or less favorable towards either party.
Aaron Blake highlights another poll, which shows that “congressional Democrats are facing their highest disapproval rating in at least the last 20 years, at 67 percent.” He later puts this finding in context:
To be clear, the Washington Post-ABC poll still shows a slight difference between the parties, with congressional Republicans viewed dimly by 72 percent of Americans, which is slightly worse than the record 67 percent who view Democrats dimly. And it is beyond question that the GOP’s continually poor image is holding it back from making what could be even bigger gains than it’s primed to make in the Nov. 4 elections.
But the gap between the two parties is shrinking, and there’s plenty of reason to believe the GOP’s image isn’t hurting it much more than Democrats’ is these days.
The Dish 