Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 40%
Republicans have edged up slightly and now hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, November 28, 2010.
New Rasmussen Reports polling finds that 46% of Likely Voters nationwide would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate, while 40% would choose the Democrat instead. For that past two weeks, the GOP has enjoyed just a five-point lead, the smallest gap between the two parties since the beginning of October.
Republicans lead by eight points among men and by five among women. Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republican voters would vote for their party's candidate, and 78% of Democrats would do the same. Republicans hold a 12-point lead among voters not affiliated with either major political party.
While the margin has varied somewhat from week-to-week, Republicans have been consistently ahead on the Generic Ballot since June of last year, and their lead has run as high as 12 points and as low as three. When Barack Obama first took office as president, Democrats enjoyed a seven-point lead on the Generic Ballot.
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