A majority of registered voters said they would prefer a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a Republican in the 2012 elections, according to a new Gallup poll released Friday. In the wake of a bruising congressional fight over raising the debt ceiling, 51 percent of registered voters said they lean toward electing a Democrat to Congress next fall. Forty-four percent of voters prefer a generic Republican, while 6 percent said they would prefer another party's candidate, or were undecided.
Congress's overall popularity has hit an all-time low in the wake of the debt-ceiling debate, which led Standard & Poor's last week to downgrade the U.S.'s AAA credit rating for the first time in history. While the fight hurt both parties, the Gallup poll suggests Republicans are suffering disproportionately.
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