Recent Gallup Poll Shows GOP with an Unprecendented 10-Point Lead on Generic Ballot

Gallup’s weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences has recently made Gallup history when tracking midterm generic ballots for Congress, showing Republicans leading among registered voters by 51% to 41%.

This 10-point lead, which is based on aggregated data from registered voters surveyed August 23rd to 29th, is unprecedented in Gallup’s history, which dates back to 1942 and before this 10-point lead, the highest gap in which Republicans were leading over Democrats was five points which occurred both in July 1994 and June 2002.

2010 could very well hold another Republican wave, especially since Republican voters have also been polled as being more enthusiastic as Democrats to cast their vote. While these could be promising for Republican candidates and right-wing Americans, Gallup is reminding people not too get too set on the poll numbers, warning that Democrats moved ahead in Gallup’s generic ballot for several weeks earlier this summer, meaning some swaying in the numbers is very possible between now and Election Day. Still, this 10-point lead is making some people wonder just how far right we’ll see Congress go this year.

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In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.

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