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Generic Ballot Has Dems Up by 6 Points

January 30, 2026 Buck Banks

52%

A new Fox News poll finds that if the midterm election were today, 52% of voters would back the Democratic candidate in their House district and 46% the Republican. The current 52% Democratic support is the highest recorded for either party; the previous high was 50% for the Democrats in October 2017.

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Dems Hold Nine-Point Lead in Generic Ballot

October 23, 2025 Buck Banks

50% to 41%

A new Quinnipiac poll finds Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot by nine points, 50% to 41%.

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Democrats Have Large Lead in Generic Ballot

August 26, 2025 Buck Banks

49% to 41%

A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot by a wide margin, 49% to 41%. President Trump’s job approval is at just 41% to 56%.

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GOP Ahead in Generic Congressional Ballot

April 29, 2022 Buck Banks

47% to 44%

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that 47% of voters said they are more likely to vote for the Republican in their district in this year’s midterm elections, as opposed to 44% who said they would pick a Democrat. It’s the first time in eight years that Marist’s survey has found Republicans with an advantage on the congressional ballot test.

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Dems Have Double-Digit Lead in Generic Congressional Ballot

September 12, 2019 Buck Banks

49% to 38%

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds Democrats with a double-digit lead in the generic congressional ballot, 49% to 38%.

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Democrats Maintain Lead for Congress

June 11, 2019 Buck Banks

45.9% to 40.1%

The newly-updated FiveThirtyEight generic congressional ballot tracker shows Democrats leading Republicans, 45.9% to 40.1%.

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Generic Ballot Gives Dems Double-Digit Lead

November 6, 2018 Buck Banks

55% to 42%

A new CNN/SSRS poll finds Democrats continue to hold a double-digit lead over Republicans in a generic congressional ballot among likely voters, 55% to 42%.

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Dems Up Nine Points on Generic Ballot

November 2, 2018 Buck Banks

52% to 43%

A new NPR/PBS News Hours/Marist Poll finds that Democrats lead Republicans by nine points on the generic congressional ballot, 52% to 43% among likely voters nationwide.

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Democrats Have 17-Point Edge in Generic Ballot

October 30, 2018 Buck Banks

17 points

A new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll finds Democrats leading Republicans in the generic congressional ballot by a stunning 17-points, 57% to 40% among likely voters.

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Dems Have Nine-Point Advantage in Generic Poll

October 22, 2018 Buck Banks

50% to 41%

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds Democrats hold a 9-point lead among likely voters over Republicans in congressional preference, 50% to 41%. However, the same poll also shows President Trump at his highest job rating yet as president, 47% to 49%.

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Squeezing a Lemon
Buck Banks | Apr. 1, 2026

There was a gay, black journo named Don Lemon,
Who stopped in Minneapolis to ask questions.
But ICE got to arresting
And now Trump’s lawyers are testing
The use of the civil rights FACE Act to convict ‘im.

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    “His apparently deteriorating condition has caused tremendous alarm across the nation (and political spectrum) about the President’s cognitive function and continuing mental fitness for the office of President, and prompted concerns about the President’s well-being.”

    — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is requesting the White House physician conduct a “comprehensive cognitive assessment” of President Trump and brief Congress on the results.

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    “So the world’s greatest military power went to war with a poor, medievalist theocracy. It was an incredibly uneven match … Yet Iran won. The Iranian regime has emerged far stronger than it was before, controlling the Strait of Hormuz and having demonstrated its ability to inflict damage on both its neighbors and the world economy. The U.S. has emerged far weaker, having demonstrated the limitations of its military technology, its strategic ineptitude and, when push comes to shove, its cowardice. … We’ve also destroyed our moral credibility: Trump may have TACOed at the last minute, but he threatened to commit gigantic war crimes — and for all practical purposes our political and civil institutions gave him permission to do so.”

    — Paul Krugman

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    “God deserves all the glory. Tens of thousands of strikes carried out under the protection of divine providence. A massive effort with miraculous protection. God is good.”

    — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking to reporters.

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    47.6

    “Consumer confidence plunged to a record low in April as fears mounted over rising energy prices and the broader impact of the Iran war, according to a University of Michigan survey Friday,” CNBC reports.“The university’s headline index of consumer sentiment tumbled to 47.6, down 10.7% from March to its lowest on record. Current conditions and expectations indexes also saw double-digit monthly declines.”

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    134

    G. Elliot Morris: “New estimates I’ve produced show that Trump’s approval rating is below 50% among registered voters in 135 Republican-held congressional seats — 104 in the House and 31 in the Senate. … And his approval is below 45% in jurisdictions represented by 44 Republican members of Congress — 34 in the House and 10 in the Senate.”

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    60%

    A new Pew Research poll finds 60% of U.S. adults now have an unfavorable view of Israel.

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    57%

    A new survey finds that approximately 20% of 2024 Trump voters may not vote Republican in 2028, and that almost 57% of voters who switched from Biden in 2020 to Trump in 2024 are considering abandoning the Republican party in 2028.

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    86%

    A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 86 percent of Americans are concerned for the lives of U.S. military personnel in Iran — and 56 percent believe the war will have a negative impact on their personal financial situation.

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