Voter Desire for Democratic Congress at Highest Mark Since 2008
- 39 percent in new poll want Republicans to maintain control
- Democrats more engaged than Republicans ahead of mid-terms
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Heading into the 2018 mid-term elections, half of registered U.S. voters said they would prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress, the biggest advantage for the party in congressional preference surveys since 2008.
Thirty-nine percent of registered voters polled said Republicans who currently control Congress should remain in charge, compared with 50 percent who said Democrats should control, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Sunday.