The latest Survey USA poll came out yesterday, July 25th.
Go see all the results at
http://www.surveyusa.com
Democrats poll at an average 57.2/35.5 approval/disapproval for a net of 21.7.
Republicans poll at 53.9/37.2 for a net approval of 16.7.
The most popular Senator in all the land is Obama (D-IL). Eight of the top ten Senators are Democrats, the other two are the moderate twins from Maine. Seven of the bottom ten are Republicans.
The results are even better for the 2006 elections.
[Update]
BruinKid posted a diary on this while I was writing mine. Make sure to check his out.[Update]
The average Democrat up for re-election is at 57/35 and the average Republican is at 54/38. These numbers are BETTER for the Democratic candidates and WORSE for the Republican candidates.
Four of the bottom feeding Republicans are up for re-election. None of the three Democratic bottom-dwellers are as Mark Dayton (D-MN), stuck at a miserable 39/48, isn't running.
The candidate breakdown.
Democrats from top to bottom
Approval/Disapproval Rank Name
72/23 #2 Conrad (ND)
68/27 #9 Nelson (NE)
62/31 #20 Carper (MD)
64/33 #20 Byrd (WV)
62/36 #29 Clinton (NY)
58/33 #32 Bingaman (NM)
57/33 #33 Kohl (WI)
57/34 #35 Feinstein (CA)
59/37 #37 Kennedy (MA)
48/33 #56 Nelson (FL)
54/41 #65 Lieberman (CA)
50/39 #71 Stabenow (MI)
51/43 #78 Akaka (HI)
45/39 #83 Menendez (NJ)
49/43 #83 Cantwell (WA)
Only the bottom five candidates stand a chance of losing. Lieberman improved his numbers and went into positive territory among Democrats (50/46 compared to 46/50 last month). There is no Republican running against Akaka. Both candidates face their toughest challenge from fellow Democrats.
New Jersey is unlikely to elect a Republican, especially in 2006. That leaves Stabenow and Cantwell as the only Democrats in any real danger.
Here are the Republicans' joyously awful numbers.
72/24 #3 Snowe (ME)
68/28 #11 Lott (MS)
65/29 #15 Lugar (IN)
62/29 #17 Thomas (WY)
60/31 #26 Hutchison (TX)
58/37 #41 Hatch (UT)
52/38 #62 Ensign (NV)
51/39 #67 Allen (VA)
47/40 #80 Kyl (AZ)
49/44 #86 Talent (MO)
48/46 #91 Chafee (RI)
45/45 #94 DeWine (OH)
43/50 #97 Santorum (PA)
37/57 #100 Burns (MT)
That's eight races that are or have the potential to be competitive (from Ensign on down). Democrats have solid candidates in all eight races and are ahead or close in the bottom four.