Voters are nearly evenly split over President Obama's job performance, according to a new AP-GfK Poll (April 7-12, 1001 A, MoE +/- 4.3%), which is in line with other recent polls.

Half of those surveyed disapprove of Obama, while 49% approve. That's a downward trend from a month ago, when Obama's approval rating was 53%/46%.

Meanwhile, approval of Congress has increased in the last month, during which the health care reform bill was both passed and signed into law. No jumping for joy yet, however, for members of Congress, whose approval is still a paltry 28%, with 70% disapproving. It was 22%/76% in March.

As for the midterm election cycle, 44% said they'd like to see Republicans win control of Congress, while 41% want Democrats to retain control, and 12% volunteered a "don't care" answer. A bad sign for incumbents: 43% want their own member of Congress re-elected, while 51% want someone else to win.

On specific issues: Republicans are trusted more to protect the country (49%-40%), Democrats are trusted more to handle health care (48%-40%), and the parties are split on handling the economy (44%-44%).

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