Voters Trust Republicans More On 10 Top Issues (First Time In Years)
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RASMUSSEN REPORTS

For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them.

Republicans have nearly doubled their lead over Democrats on economic issues to 49% to 35%, after leading by eight points in September.

The GOP also holds a 54% to 31% advantage on national security issues and a 50% to 31% lead on the handling of the war in Iraq.

But voters are less sure which party they trust more to handle government ethics and corruption, an issue that passed the economy in voter importance last month. Thirty-three percent (33%) trust Republicans more while 29% have more confidence in Democrats. Another 38% are undecided. Last month, the parties were virtually tied on the issue.

COMMENTARY: In Louisiana that trend is magnified. That is why you saw the Republican office holders poll so much better than Obama and Mary Landrieu in the Southern Media Poll this week. Jindal and Vitter are riding the anti-Obama tidal surge.

In the Southern Media Poll the question read: which political party would you prefer to control Congress? Result: Democrats 37%, Republicans 47%. The trail heat "horse race" question for U.S. Senate was Republican Vitter 48% to Democrat Melancon 36%.

The bad news for Vitter's opponent Melancon is those gaps have been growing larger each week since Obama took power.