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Title: Parties Tied at 46% in Generic Ballot for Congress (GOP drops 10 points)
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Gallup
URL Source: http://www.gallup.com/poll/142892/Parties-Tied-Generic-Ballot.aspx
Published: Sep 7, 2010
Author: Gallup
Post Date: 2010-09-07 21:51:22 by go65
Keywords: None
Views: 231
Comments: 21
PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans and Democrats are tied at 46% among registered voters in Gallup's weekly tracking of congressional voting preferences, marking a shift after five consecutive weeks in which the Republicans held the advantage. These results are based on aggregated data from more than 1,650 registered voters surveyed Aug. 30- Sept. 5 as part of Gallup Daily tracking. The results reflect more competitive voting intentions than has been the case recently. Republicans' leads over Democrats among registered voters in three of the previous four weeks were the highest Gallup has measured for this midterm election campaign, and higher than any GOP advantage Gallup has measured in a midterm election year since 1942. Last week marked the return of President Barack Obama from his 10-day vacation, and included his national address to announce the official end of combat operations in Iraq. The president's three-day job approval rating rose to 47% for Aug. 29-31 -- a level it had reached only once since mid-July. Last week also brought media commentary in the aftermath of conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck's massive rally in Washington, D.C. It is not clear if these or other factors affected Americans' voting preferences as measured by the generic ballot. Whether the 2010 race has shifted more permanently to a more competitive positioning will be apparent in the coming weeks. Nevertheless, even the current tie in the generic ballot among registered voters points to a better year for Republicans than for Democrats, given the GOP's usual advantage in voter turnout in midterm elections. Republicans Maintain 25-Point Lead on Enthusiasm There has been no change in the advantage Republicans hold over Democrats on motivation to vote in the fall elections. Republicans remain twice as likely as Democrats to be "very enthusiastic" about voting, tied with the previous week's measure as the largest such advantage of the year. Recent Gallup research has shown that Republicans, and conservative Republicans in particular, have given much more thought than Democrats to the upcoming congressional elections, another key measure of turnout used in Gallup's likely voter modeling. Conservative Republicans currently score at a historically high level on this measure. Bottom Line The latest Gallup update on 2010 voting preferences marks the first time in over a month at which Republicans have not held an advantage among registered voters on Gallup's weekly generic ballot update. This shift, coupled with the fact that Democrats led on the measure earlier in the summer, shows that voter sentiments are not immune to change. Hoping to prove this, Democrats from the president on down are gearing up to maximize their chances of keeping party control of the House, just as voter attention to the campaign is increasing after the Labor Day weekend.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Could people actually be waking up?
Bubble burster. http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=12937
Primaries are not general elections. The GOP is in catharsis which is the actual story of this cycle.
What's going to be entertaining will be watching the tea bag candidates all get absorbed into the mainstream GOP if they win.
yes, if the GOP retakes the house then the Speaker becomes a guy who voted for TARP and Medicare Part D. Oh the irony.
And we won't be hearing any more of this "small government" mantra. Best of all, though, Sarah Palin won't have anything to talk about anymore, since she sure won't be criticizing a Republican majority, no matter what they do.
She became governor criticizing the Republican establishment.
she raised spending and instituted windfall profits tax on oil company profits, is this what you support?
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestRepublicans and Democrats are tied at 46% among registered voters in Gallup's weekly tracking of congressional voting preferences, marking a shift after five consecutive weeks in which the Republicans held the advantage.
#3. To: go65 (#1)
#5. To: A K A Stone (#3)
#7. To: war (#5)
The GOP is in catharsis which is the actual story of this cycle.
#8. To: Skip Intro, war, fred mertz, a k a stone (#7)
What's going to be entertaining will be watching the tea bag candidates all get absorbed into the mainstream GOP if they win.
#9. To: go65 (#8)
yes, if the GOP retakes the house then the Speaker becomes a guy who voted for TARP and Medicare Part D.
#10. To: Skip Intro (#9)
And we won't be hearing any more of this "small government" mantra. Best of all, though, Sarah Palin won't have anything to talk about anymore, since she sure won't be criticizing a Republican majority, no matter what they do.
#16. To: A K A Stone (#10)
She became governor criticizing the Republican establishment.
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