Of the most recent general election polling, the only one not showing a decent lead for Obama is that CNN/Opinion Research poll which has him only up by 1 point, 49-48 and had the race tied at 47 the week before.
But that same poll also asked for impressions about the parties, and the results are much more encouraging:
"Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. The Democratic Party."
Date
Favorable
Unfavorable
Never
Heard of
Unsure
Fav-Unfav
8/29-31/08
59
36
-
4
+23
8/23-24/08
52
40
1
7
+12
4/28-30/08
56
35
1
8
+21
Almost 60% of the country approves of the Democratic party. As I noted back in June, candidates should clearly and repeatedly embrace the "Democratic" label. It is a winner. For the good news on that other party's numbers, come inside:
So the Democratic numbers are up 11, and the Republican ones down 9. That's not bad for 4 nights work.
Unfortunately pollsters are all polling the Presidential race like mad looking for the bounce, but I can't find any post-DNC senate or congressional generic polls to show the possibility of a down-ticket bounce, but if more voters are willing to vote for Obama, it would stand to reason more of them would want him to have a friendly congress to make the changes he is promising.
The generic congressional ballot stood at 51-42 on the eve of the convention. We'll see if it moves if anyone polls it before the RNC actually has a night not preempted by Gustav.
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