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Democratic Party Places the Blame on House Democrats Chair for Elections Law Walkout
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
updated 10:05 AM EDT, Tue September 30, 2014
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Washington (CNN) -- Five weeks before the November midterm elections, voters give Democrats an edge over Republicans, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday.
But the poll also indicates most of Democrats' gains are coming from the Northeast and not from the parts of the country where they're locked in tight contests that could give Republicans control of the Senate.
In a generic ballot among likely voters, Democrats edged out Republicans 47-45%, a 6-point swing from a CNN poll three weeks ago when likely voters favored the Republicans by a 4-point margin. The Democrats' advantage is within the poll's 3.5% margin of error.
The "generic ballot" question which asks Americans to choose between an unnamed Democrat and an unnamed Republican in their vote for U.S. House, suggests a shift toward the Democrats nationally, if not in key races in key states.
The poll comes a week after the U.S. launched airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, and while poll respondents overwhelmingly think the economy is the more important issue, they gave Congress low marks for how it handled the ISIS threat and have more faith in President Barack Obama than GOP leaders to set the military policy to deal with the militant Islamist group.
"That may explain why the Democrats have gained strength on the national "generic ballot" question," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said.
Democrats gained the most ground among men and independent voters, two key groups that could help Democrats in competitive races this November. Men took a 7-point swing toward Democrats from the previous poll, bringing the party within 6 points of Republicans' 49% support.
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CNN Poll: Big swing for Democrats but not where they need it
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Support for Democrats in the mid-term elections has jumped 6 points recently, with most of the gain in the party's Northeast stronghold, a new poll finds.
The CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday asked likely voters to choose between generic candidates. Democrats had a slight edge, with 47 percent to 45 percent for Republicans.
Three weeks ago, the results were tilted the other way, with Republicans having an advantage of 4 percentage points. The Democrats gained ground with men and independents, with support among both groups up 7 points.
The findings could make little difference in November since the increase in support comes in a region where the Democrats are already strong and not in states like Louisiana and South Carolina, where Democratic senators are in close races.
About two-thirds of respondents said the economy is the biggest factor in their decision on who to vote for. But CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said President Barack Obama's decision to launch airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria may have helped his party with male voters with Democrats trailing among the group by only 6 points.
"That may be a sign that some men wanted to see aggressive action taken against ISIS and are rewarding the President's party -- or simply that the President's actions have convinced men that they don't need to send more Republicans to Washington in order to get action that they are looking for," Holland said.
ORC International interviewed 1,055 adults by telephone between Sept. 25 and Sept. 28. The margin of error is 3 points for the entire sample and 3.5 points for the 701 likely voters in the group.
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New poll finds swing to the Democrats in party's northeast stronghold