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September 13, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 47%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, September 12, 2010.

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September 6, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 48%, Democrats 36%

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely Voters would vote for their district's Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. The survey data was collected on the seven days ending Sunday, September 5, 2010.

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August 30, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 39%

Republicans now hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot.

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August 23, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 47%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates have jumped out to a record-setting 12-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, August 15, 2010. This is the biggest lead the GOP has held in over a decade of Rasmussen Reports surveying.

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August 16, 2010

Generic Ballot: Republican 48%, Democrat 36%

Republican candidates have jumped out to a record-setting 12-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, August 15, 2010. This is the biggest lead the GOP has held in over a decade of Rasmussen Reports surveying.

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August 9, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republican 46%, Democrat 39%

Republican candidates hold a seven-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, August 8, 2010.

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August 2, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates hold an eight-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, August 1, 2010.

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August 2, 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, July 25, the widest gap between the two parties in several weeks. 

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July 19, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 45%, Democrats 36%

Republican candidates now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, July 18, the widest gap between the two parties in several weeks. 

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July 12, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, July 11.

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June 28, 2010

Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 44%, Democrats 38%

Republican candidates now hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 27. 

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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.