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Generic Congressional Ballot

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June 21, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 36%

Republican candidates now hold an eight-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 20. 

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June 14, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 36%

Republican candidates now hold a 10-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 13.  That ties the GOP's largest ever lead, first reached in April, since it first edged ahead of the Democrats a year ago.

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June 7, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 35%

Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 6. That’s up slightly from a week ago and broadly consistent with weekly results from the past year.

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May 31, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 37%

For the week ending Sunday, May 30, Republican candidates hold a seven-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot. That’s little changed from a week ago and broadly consistent with weekly results from the past year.

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May 24, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 36%

Republican candidates now hold an eight-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, continuing the GOP's near year-long edge over the competing party but the largest gap between the two in over a month.

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May 17, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates now hold a five-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, a further narrowing of the gap between the two parties to the smallest margin this year.

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May 15, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates now hold a six-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, matching the narrowest gap between the two parties this year.

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May 3, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republican 44%, Democrat 37%

Republican candidates now hold a seven-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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April 26, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates now hold a six-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, the narrowest gap between the two parties this year.

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April 19, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 36%

Republican candidates now hold a 10-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, tying the GOP's high for the year recorded the second week in March and their biggest lead in nearly three years of weekly tracking.

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April 13, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 36%

For the second straight week, Republican candidates hold a nine-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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April 6, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 47%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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March 30, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 39%

Republican candidates now hold an eight-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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March 23, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 43%, Democrats 35%

Republican candidates now hold an eight-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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March 16, 2010

Republicans Lead Democrats by 10 in Generic Ballot, Highest Lead Yet

Republican candidates have now stretched their lead over Democrats to 10 points in the Generic Congressional Ballot, their biggest lead ever in nearly three years of weekly tracking. The GOP has been leading on the ballot for months.

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March 9, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 37%

Republican candidates lead Democrats by seven points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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March 2, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 36%

Republican candidates lead Democrats by eight points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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February 16, 2010

Republicans Lead Democrats by Nine in Generic Ballot

Republican candidates lead Democrats by nine points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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February 9, 2010

Generic Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 36%

Republican candidates lead Democrats by eight points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, marking little change since the first of the year.