The poll showed an electorate that remains narrowly divided.
With Congress so narrowly divided, even a few votes can make the difference.
By almost every measure, the electorate was narrowly divided, though starkly polarized along racial lines.
Republicans were narrowly divided on civil unions, with 45 percent in favor and 48 percent opposed.
But Senate Democrats say they have found precedent for sticking to the one-member committee margin when the parties are so narrowly divided.
Those months of silence reflect the difference between attitudes today and the last time the Congress was so narrowly divided.
Asked about a possible manned mission to Mars, the public was again narrowly divided.
With power so narrowly divided between the parties, a few House seats, a few redrawn districts, could pay huge dividends.
But those with a poor relative were also narrowly divided on the chief cause of poverty.
Congress remains narrowly divided on aid to the contras.