Gallup Poll: Democrats Set to Sweep Congress 
On election eve 2006, The USA Today is highlighting the parallels between Democrats in 2006 with the Republicans in 1994 - a year when Republicans seized control of the house with a massive pickup in seats.
They site a new Gallup poll that finds:
- Then, likely voters by 51%-44% favored GOP congressional candidates. Now, 51%-44% favor Democratic ones.
- Then, disapproval of Congress was at 66%. Now, disapproval of Congress is at 70%."
- Then, 52% said they were paying "quite a lot" of attention to the elections, the highest since the Gallup Poll began asking the question in 1958. Now, 50% say they are paying "quite a lot" of attention.
- Six of 10 Americans say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country.
- By 2-1 they say national issues, not local and state ones, are determining their vote.
- And on the dominant national issue, 56% call the decision to invade Iraq a mistake.
- 36% of likely voters say that are casting a ballot for a candidate to send a message that they oppose Bush; 20% to send a message that they support him.
- By 40%-33%, likely voters in the USA TODAY Poll say the country would be better off if Democrats, not Republicans, controlled Congress.
KEYWORDS: Congress, Gallup, Polls, Democrats, Republicans, Election 2006
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