That would normally be good news for the Democrats. Unfortunately, this time voters think they are the extremists. Specifically, Rasmussen Reports found that 57 percent of likely voters surveyed indicated that they believe the congressional Democratic agenda is "extreme" and, thus, bad, vs. only 34 percent who said that Congress's agenda is "mainstream."

Republicans fare a little better. They still have a slight plurality of voters on the mainstream vs. extreme question: 45 to 40 percent. That leaves 15 percent undecided. In a heavy turnout year, the undecideds would be likely to swing the election. But this is a midterm year, and midterms are usually decided by passion and turnout, so we'll see.

This being Rasmussen, the results are then further broken down into "mainstream" vs. "political class" voters. Survey says...

The Political Class, however, has dramatically different views of the agendas of the two parties from what Mainstream voters think. Ninety-one percent (91%) of the Political Class say the Democratic agenda in Congress is in the mainstream, but 70% of Mainstream voters see that agenda as extreme.

While 53% of Mainstream voters see the Republican congressional agenda as in the mainstream, 81% of Political Class voters regard it as extreme.

Data released earlier showed that 67% of the Political Class believes the country is heading in the right direction. Among Mainstream voters, 84% say the nation has gotten off on the wrong track.

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