Sixty-one percent of Independents in critical battleground districts say the current Democratic leadership is too far left for their taste.

In another potentially troubling sign for Democratic candidates, three in five independent voters in key House districts say Congress’s Democratic leadership is to the left of them on the political spectrum.

The Hill 2010 Midterm Election Poll found that 61 percent of likely independent voters in 10 battleground House districts — a critical swing demographic — think the leadership under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is more liberal than they are.

The poll finds that just 16% believe Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi hold similar views to their own. Even 23% of likely Democratic voters think the dynamic duo are too liberal — a scary figure for the Democratic leadership.