Updated January 21, 2010

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Fox News Poll: Voters Split On Congressional Elections

By Dana Blanton

- FOXNews.com

As views remain sharply divided about Congress, Americans say -- by a 47-43 percent margin -- they would vote for someone else rather than re-elect President Obama if the 2012 presidential elections were held today.

Views are sharply divided when it comes to this year's congressional elections, as almost equal numbers of voters say they want each of the two major political parties to win. Looking to the next presidential election, slightly more people say they would vote for someone else rather than vote to re-elect President Obama.

While 38 percent of voters say they want Democrats to win this year's congressional elections, 37 percent want Republicans to win. The remaining 25 percent say "neither" or are unsure.

Not surprisingly, 81 percent of Democrats want Democrats to win and 85 percent of Republicans want their party to control Congress.

Among the critical swing group of independents, 23 percent want Democrats to win, 22 percent Republicans, 26 percent "neither" and 30 percent are unsure.

Click here to see the poll.

The national telephone poll was conducted for Fox News by Opinion Dynamics Corp. among 900 registered voters from Jan. 12 to Jan. 13. For the total sample, the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Similar division is found on re-electing incumbents versus starting fresh: 43 percent of voters think it would be "good for the country" if all current members of Congress were voted out of office, while 44 percent think it would be a bad for the country to throw them all out.

Partisan views are completely opposite of each other, as the number of Democrats (57 percent) who think it would be bad for the country to vote out all the incumbents is identical to the number of Republicans (57 percent) who say it would be good.

By 50 percent to 35 percent, more independents say it would be good to start fresh with all new representatives. Given the influence of independent voters in recent elections, obviously this is a group that will be closely watched as the midterm elections approach.

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Very very interesting numbers at that link. The country is definitely looking for the President to shift gear, but will they give him another chance? That's unclear.

The poll clearly shows that it will be the Independents who will make the difference in the 2012 election.  HURRRRRRAAAAYYYY!!!

Majority and by big margin, people want a wholesale change in the Congress in both houses!!  Well, go figure!  No surprise there!!!  What is impressive is that it is across the board, and across all party affiliation and Independents.



-- Edited by Sanders on Thursday 21st of January 2010 04:40:17 PM