In politics, a victory differential of 10 points or more is considered a landslide. Depending on the snapshot you use, Republicans are up by anywhere from 11 to 13 points heading into November’s midterm elections. The latest poll from Rasmussen Reports found that if the election were held today, 50 percent of likely voters would choose the Republican candidate compared with 39 percent for the Democrat. Five percent would vote for “some other candidate,” and 7 percent would remain undecided. The report was released on Friday.
An 11 percent GOP advantage is no small thing. Generic congressional polls tend to favor Democrats. The fact that Republicans are so far ahead at the moment spells serious trouble for the Democrats’ current House majority.
In March 2018, Democrats were ahead of Republicans by 46 percent to 40 percent. By November, the GOP had managed to close the gap and even take a small lead. A poll taken right before the 2018 midterms showed the Republicans with 46 percent and the Democrats, who won back the majority, with 45 percent.
Rasmussen attributed the Republicans’ current lead to “greater GOP partisan intensity” and to strong Republican support among independent voters. The poll found that 46 percent of independents favored the Republican candidate compared with only 27 percent who preferred the Democrat, a difference of 19 percent.
The poll found that 49 percent of men and 50 percent of women would choose a Republican candidate.
Fifty-three percent of respondents age 40 or under preferred a Democratic candidate, while 31 percent favored a Republican. Among voters ages 40 or over, 59 percent chose the Republican.
Rasmussen surveyed 2,500 likely voters between March 13-17. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.
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