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GOP Takes Unprecedented 10-Point Lead on Generic Ballot

Republicans also maintain wide gap in enthusiasm about voting

by Frank Newport

PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans lead by 51% to 41% among registered voters in Gallup weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences. The
10-percentage-point lead is the GOP's largest so far this year and is
its largest in Gallup's history of tracking the midterm generic ballot
for Congress.

2010 Trend: Candidate Preferences in 2010 Congressional Elections, Based on Registered Voters

These results are based on aggregated data from registered voters surveyed Aug. 23-29 as part of Gallup Daily tracking. This marks the fifth week in a row in which Republicans have held an advantage over
Democrats -- one that has ranged between 3 and 10 points.

The Republican leads of 6, 7, and 10 points this month are all higher than any previous midterm Republican advantage in Gallup's history of tracking the generic ballot, which dates to 1942. Prior
to this year, the highest such gap was five points, measured in June
2002 and July 1994. Elections in both of these years resulted in
significant Republican gains in House seats.

Largest Republican Advantages in Gallup's Generic Ballot for Congress, Midterm Elections, Among Registered Voters

Large leads on the generic ballot are not unprecedented for Democrats. The widest generic ballot lead in Gallup's history was 32 points in the Democrats' favor, measured in July 1974, just prior to
Republican President Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate
scandal. This large margin illustrates Democrats' historic dominance
over Republicans in registered voters' party identification in the
decades since World War II. Democrats controlled the House of
Representatives continually between 1955 and 1995, and routinely held
generic ballot leads in the double digits during that period.

Republicans Have 25-Point Lead on Enthusiasm

Republicans are now twice as likely as Democrats to be "very" enthusiastic about voting, and now hold -- by one point -- the largest such advantage of the year.

Enthusiasm About Voting in 2010 Congressional Elections by Party, Weekly Averages: % Very Enthusiastic, Among Registered Voters

Republicans usually turn out in higher numbers in midterm elections than do Democrats, and Gallup's likely voter modeling in the final weeks of an election typically reflects a larger GOP advantage than is
evident among registered voters. The wide enthusiasm gaps in the GOP's
favor so far this year certainly suggest that this scenario may well
play itself out again this November.

Bottom Line

The last Gallup weekly generic ballot average before Labor Day underscores the fast-evolving conventional wisdom that the GOP is poised to make significant gains in this fall's midterm congressional
elections. Gallup's generic ballot has historically proven an excellent
predictor of the national vote for Congress, and the national vote in
turn is an excellent predictor of House seats won and lost. Republicans'
presumed turnout advantage, combined with their current 10-point
registered-voter lead, suggests the potential for a major "wave"
election in which the Republicans gain a large number of seats from the
Democrats and in the process take back control of the House. One
cautionary note: Democrats
moved ahead in Gallup's generic ballot
for several weeks earlier
this summer, showing that change is possible between now and Election
Day.

Explore more Gallup data relating to the upcoming congressional midterm elections, including Gallup's complete generic ballot trend since 1950, in our Election
2010 key indicators interactive
.

Survey Methods

Results are based on telephone interviews conducted as part of Gallup Daily tracking survey Aug. 23-29, 2010, with a random sample of 1,540 registered voters, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and
the District of Columbia, selected using random-digit-dial sampling.

For results based on the total sample of registered voters, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.

Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones and cellular phones, with interviews conducted in Spanish for respondents who are primarily Spanish-speaking. Each daily sample includes a minimum
quota of 150 cell phone respondents and 850 landline respondents, with
additional minimum quotas among landline respondents for gender within
region. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household
on the basis of which member had the most recent birthday.

Samples are weighted by gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education, region, adults in the household, cell phone-only status, cell phone-mostly status, and phone lines. Demographic weighting targets are
based on the March 2009 Current Population Survey figures for the aged
18 and older non-institutionalized population living in U.S. telephone
households. All reported margins of sampling error include the computed
design effects for weighting and sample design.

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

For more details on Gallup's polling methodology, visit http://www.gallup.com/.

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