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Republicans to win control of House with 231 seats: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Posted on 11/01/2010 11:13:37 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Republicans to win control of House with 231 seats: Reuters/Ipsos poll 12 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives from Democrats in Tuesday's midterm elections, a Reuters/Ipsos poll predicted on Tuesday.

Fifty percent of likely voters said they will choose a Republican candidate at the election while 44 percent will pick a Democratic hopeful, the survey showed.

Republicans are poised to win some 231 seats in the House and take control of the chamber

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010election; 2010midterms; goodbyenancy; mostethicalever; pelosicongress
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1 posted on 11/01/2010 11:13:41 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

FOX News on TV is having a good laugh about this “breaking news” from Reuters.


2 posted on 11/01/2010 11:15:38 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Sub-Driver
Another leftest source which ran bogus polls for a year showing very close races comes clean 1 day before the election to say face. Predictable.
3 posted on 11/01/2010 11:16:22 AM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: Sub-Driver

48 hours we will know for sure... Errr, ummmm....48 hours plus 2 months of Lawyers, judges and acorn, then we’ll have our outcome.


4 posted on 11/01/2010 11:16:22 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Sub-Driver
178 to 231 is only 53. That's on the low end of current estimates.
5 posted on 11/01/2010 11:18:33 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Dems' response to 11/2: Do not go gentle into that new day,Rage,rage against the coming of the dawn!)
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To: Sub-Driver
That will be taken down in 5...4....3...2...1
Then re-posted in about 48 hours....
6 posted on 11/01/2010 11:18:36 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Sub-Driver
Tick

Tick

Tick

Tick

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

The sound of Witch Nancy's empire in the next 36 hours or so.
7 posted on 11/01/2010 11:22:01 AM PDT by ssaftler ("Politically Correct" is neither!)
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To: Sub-Driver
RealClearPolitics has GOP 224 - DEM 167, with 44 toss-ups, but with Rasmussen and Gallup both showing big breaks to the GOP.

It's going to be something like GOP 250 or more.

8 posted on 11/01/2010 11:22:02 AM PDT by mojito
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To: KarlInOhio

Keep in mind 53 seats would be a 106 votes swing in the new Congress.


9 posted on 11/01/2010 11:23:28 AM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Keep in mind 53 seats would be a 106 votes swing in the new Congress.


10 posted on 11/01/2010 11:24:32 AM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: Sub-Driver

When Republicans won in 94 there were a lot of conservative Democrats who switched parties. I don’t know if there is still such a thing as conservative Democrats, but maybe there will be a few of them switch parties. ...No RINOs wanted.


11 posted on 11/01/2010 11:24:54 AM PDT by pallis
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Reuters could be close to correct in their prediction. Nate Silver is predicting 232 and he was very accurate with the last election:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

He used to write for the New Republic, and so you can guess which direction he leans.


12 posted on 11/01/2010 11:26:10 AM PDT by mathprof
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Bull crap. I want more than 231. Much more. I want 305 or 306. Minimum.


13 posted on 11/01/2010 11:29:44 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Sub-Driver

Be careful......this story could be out so that on the day after (like a hangover) they can report that the Republicans did not do as good as expected!
Palin is correct when she said “Corrupt Bastards”


14 posted on 11/01/2010 11:31:50 AM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: pallis

If he is re-elected, my guess is that Gene Taylor from Mississippi will switch.


15 posted on 11/01/2010 11:35:40 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Sub-Driver

231 seats?

That must be from all 57 states...


16 posted on 11/01/2010 11:38:44 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Sub-Driver

Too low.


17 posted on 11/01/2010 11:40:56 AM PDT by libbylu
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To: blueyon

DING DING DING.....we have a winner!

You’re are absolutely correct. I think they are seeting the scene so that when the number is less than they are predicting, they can call it a GOP “failure”. Everyone is so sure the Repubs are gonna carry all these seats. Let’s not forget that the labor unions & ACORN (or whatever name they go by these days) will be out in full force. There are already tons of allegations of voter fraud.


18 posted on 11/01/2010 11:42:52 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue
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To: blueyon

DING DING DING.....we have a winner!

You’re are absolutely correct. I think they are setting the scene so that when the number is less than they are predicting, they can call it a GOP “failure”. Everyone is so sure the Repubs are gonna carry all these seats. Let’s not forget that the labor unions & ACORN (or whatever name they go by these days) will be out in full force. There are already tons of allegations of voter fraud.


19 posted on 11/01/2010 11:43:13 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue
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To: mathprof
"Reuters could be close to correct in their prediction. Nate Silver is predicting 232 and he was very accurate with the last election"

What happened in the last, or in any other recent election is probably a poor predictor of the magnitude of what is about to happen in this one. I have been saying for a long time that the conventional wisdom when it comes to polling is inadequate to predict the likely tsunami that is coming tomorrow. I firmly believe that we (the good guys) are going to do even better than expected because of the enthusiasm gap and the corresponding difference in turnout.

Here in Colorado, Republicans are leading Democrats in early voting/absentee turnout by around 90,000 - 100,000 so far. That doesn't even take into consideration independents, who we know are going to also vote more Republican than Democrat. I think tomorrow night is going to be a very good night.

20 posted on 11/01/2010 11:45:04 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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