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Unprecedented

Gallup has released its final pre-election generic congressional ballot poll.  It shows the Republicans with an unprecedented 15 point lead among likely voters over the Democrats.

Gallup models the number of seats a party will control based on that party’s share of the national two-party vote for the House of Representatives, using historical voting data in midterm elections from 1946 to 2006. The model takes into account the majority party in Congress entering the elections.
Gallup’s historical model suggests that a party needs at least a two-point advantage in the national House vote to win a majority of the 435 seats. The Republicans’ current likely voter margin suggests that this scenario is highly probable, making the question of interest this election not whether the GOP will win the majority, but by how much. Taking Gallup’s final survey’s margin of error into account, the historical model predicts that the Republicans could gain anywhere from 60 seats on up, with gains well beyond that possible.
It should be noted, however, that this year’s 15-point gap in favor of the Republican candidates among likely voters is unprecedented in Gallup polling and could result in the largest Republican margin in House voting in several generations. This means that seat projections have moved into uncharted territory, in which past relationships between the national two-party vote and the number of seats won may not be maintained.

The Obama administration and the Democrat Congress have sown the wind and they are about to reap a political whirlwind.

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Paul Zummo
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Sunday, October 31, AD 2010 9:25pm

I might have to issue an apology to Dick Morris on Wednesday morning. He forecast a 100+ seat pickup for the GOP a long time ago, and I thought he was nuts. I don’t think the number will get that high, but these generic ballot numbers are giving me pause.

Mark Noonan
Sunday, October 31, AD 2010 9:57pm

Very moving video – and it will be 105 seats.

T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Sunday, October 31, AD 2010 10:04pm

Deus vult.

Afghani"Stan"
Afghani"Stan"
Monday, November 1, AD 2010 6:58am

The question will be whether the President will work with or against the new congress. The answer I fear is the later.

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