Republicans Top Democrats on Generic Congressional Ballot
For just the second time in more than five years of daily or weekly tracking, Republicans now lead Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
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April 28, 2009
April 21, 2009
Generic Congressional Ballot Remains a Tie This Week
For the second straight week, Democrats and Republicans are tied on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
April 14, 2009
Latest Generic Ballot Shows Republicans and Democrats in a Dead Heat
Support for Democratic Congressional candidates hit a new low this week, resulting in a tie between Republicans and Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
April 7, 2009
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats 40% Republicans 39%
Republicans have pulled within one point of Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
March 31, 2009
Democrats Take Four-Point Lead on Generic Ballot
Democrats are slightly further ahead of Republicans this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
March 24, 2009
Democrats Regain Lead on Generic Congressional Ballot
After slipping to a new low last week, support for Democratic Congressional candidates rebounded to once again move ahead of the GOP on the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
March 17, 2009
Republicans Take Small Lead on Generic Congressional Ballot
Support for the Democratic Congressional candidates fell to a new low over the past week, allowing the GOP to move slightly head for the first time in recent years in the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 41% said they would vote for their district’s Republican candidate while 39% would choose the Democrat.
March 10, 2009
Democrats Move to Four-Point Lead Over GOP on Generic Ballot
Democrats have managed to move slightly further ahead this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 38% said they would choose the Republican.
March 3, 2009
Congressional Ballot Remains Close This Week
The race between Republicans and Democrats has once again tightened up in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. For the third time in the last four weeks, Republicans have pulled to within two points of the Democrats.
February 24, 2009
Democrats Up By Four in Generic Congressional Ballot
Democrats have pulled slightly further ahead this week in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
February 17, 2009
Generic Congressional Ballot: Democrats By Two
After an intense partisan debate over the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill, Republicans and Democrats remain almost even in this week’s edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
February 10, 2009
Parties Now Neck-and-Neck on Generic Congressional Ballot
Are Republicans winning the public relations battle over spending in the $800-billion-plus economic stimulus package? Democrats and Republicans are nearly even in this week's edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
February 3, 2009
Support for GOP Rises on Generic Congressional Ballot
Following the unanimous Republican opposition to the economic stimulus bill proposed by and House Democrats, the GOP has narrowed the gap this week on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
January 28, 2009
Generic Ballot Remains Steady This Week
The latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot shows no change this week. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
January 21, 2009
Democrats Go Up By Seven on Congressional Ballot
Democrats have increased their lead over Republicans in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 35% said they would choose the Republican.
January 14, 2009
Democrats Slip But Still Lead GOP on Generic Ballot
Democrats hold a six-point lead over Republicans in the first edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot of 2009. Rasmussen Reports national telephone surveys found that 42% of voters said they would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 36% said they would choose the Republican.
January 7, 2009
Democrats’ Lead on Generic Ballot Doubles in December
Democrats doubled their lead over Republicans to six points in December on the Generic Congressional ballot.
December 23, 2008
Democrats Jump to Biggest Lead Since October on Generic Ballot
Democrats now lead Republicans by eight percentage points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% of voters would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 36% would choose the Republican candidate.
December 17, 2008
Democrats Top GOP by Five in Congressional Ballot
Democrats now lead by five percentage points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 42% of voters would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate while 37% would choose the Republican candidate.
December 10, 2008
Democrats Lead by Four on Generic Ballot
Democrats held a four percentage point lead during the first week of December in the Generic Congressional Ballot. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that, if given the choice, 42% of voters would vote for their district’s Democratic candidate, while 38% would choose the Republican candidate.
