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Do You Care Who Controls Congress?

With the Senate up for grabs in November’s midterms, a new poll finds that only 4 in 10 say it matters a "great deal" to them which party controls Congress. The Gallup poll finds that 40 percent of the public say party control of Congress matters greatly to them. Republicans and Democrats who say they care a great deal are both at 43 percent. Enthusiasm has fallen sharply from 2010, when Tea Party opposition to President Obama helped drive major Republican gains. That year, a much-higher figure — 61 percent of Republicans — cared a great deal, along with 45 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of the public as a whole/The Hill. More here.

Question: Do you care which party controls Congress?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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