Posted on 10/04/2010 12:17:03 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush
Republican candidates now hold a three-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, October 3, 2010. This is the smallest gap between parties in roughly a year.
Forty-five percent (45%) of respondents say they would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate, while 42% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. This is the first time during 2010 that the GOP edge has fallen below five points.
Still, while the margin has varied somewhat from week-to-week, Republicans have been consistently ahead in the Generic Ballot for over a year, and it has run as high as 12 points. When Barack Obama first took office as president of the United States, the Democrats enjoyed a seven-point lead on the Generic Ballot.
Among voters not affiliated with either major party, Republicans hold an 18-point lead.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
extremely depressing numbers. I wish there was somewhere else to go but we were the last hope for humankind. I fear for the future of my children everyday.
It’s hard to imagine that 10% of those polled have changed their minds about Obamacare (around 60% down to 50%) in two weeks. However, it may be that Democrats are successfully motivating their base to vote. So, the pool of likely voters is growing with addition of more democrats.
Not surprising.
The “generic” republicans are getting less generic now. And there isn’t much to see there.
And the Dems and their cohorts still have plenty of money for campaign ads.
There is no reason to believe the electorate is any smarter now than they were 2 years ago. And more of them are on the dole now.
The waves of attack ads and lies from the left have drawn blood, unfortunately. Pundits can say all they want about “voters tiring of character attacks, etc.,” but the fact is... negative ads work.
Races tightened because of what? What has improved the Dems chances in the last month? What have they done?
I think this is another Dem oversample.
“It is either a bad sample, or the race has significantly tightened.”
#1 - Republicans have hurt their image. GWB and the compassionate Republicans branded Republicans as Democrat lite.
#2 - Politicans have shown themselves to be mercenaries, not people of principle. More so now than in the recent past. Spector, Crist, Lieberman.
#3 - Many people who said they would vote R this time are either Democrats or Independants. It’s coming down to the wire, they’re getting cold feet. They’ll do what they always did, blindly vote D.
#4 - In general, the American public is uninformed, and lacks critical thinking skills.
I believe this poll, and fully expect that November won’t be all we wished for.
In addition to negative ads working, it appears the dems’ masters have called their sheep home to the pasture. No more independent thinking.. it’s all about the Party now.
Weekend polling heavily favors (D)..................
It is time to fight, not get depressed. Surely you did not think that the democratic base would remain so unmotivated. They have been there all along but not as “likely voters”
It will be up by 8% in a week or two
The problem for the Dems is that they have to defend some 50 seats in otherwise red districts. I don’t think that they will be able to do that. Some deep blue districts may be getting even bluer, but that isn’t going to help them hold control.
That percent is way too high, on the leftist side!
I don’t believe the polls...I believe the Dems are now using them as campaign tools and have thoroughly infiltrated this “media” market.
Me, too.
Why kid ourselves? America is lost forever.
I'll bet you 5 bucks the tsunami happens... do you have Paypal so you can pay me?
Forever is a long time
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