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Generic Congressional Vote

Polling Data

PollDateDemocrat Republican Spread
RCP Average06/12 - 06/2550.539.0Democrat +11.5
Democracy Corps (D)06/22 - 06/255042Democrat +8.0
Rasmussen06/16 - 06/224734Democrat +13.0
USA Today/Gallup06/15 - 06/195242Democrat +10.0
ABC News/Wash Post06/12 - 06/155338Democrat +15.0

See All Generic Congressional Vote Polling Data

Recent Commentary & News Stories

- Obama's Money Class - David Brooks, New York Times

- What Pawlenty Can't Do for McCain - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- John McCain's JFK Opportunity - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal

- The America We Love - Senator Barack Obama, Independence, Missouri

- The Private Character of John McCain - Abraham Katsman, Jerusalem Post

See All Generic Congressional Vote Commentary & News Stories

Polling Data

PollDateDemocrat Republican Spread
RCP Average06/12 - 06/2550.539.0Democrat +11.5
Democracy Corps (D)06/22 - 06/255042Democrat +8.0
Rasmussen06/16 - 06/224734Democrat +13.0
USA Today/Gallup06/15 - 06/195242Democrat +10.0
ABC News/Wash Post06/12 - 06/155338Democrat +15.0
Rasmussen06/09 - 06/154834Democrat +14.0
Rasmussen06/02 - 06/084734Democrat +13.0
Rasmussen05/21 - 05/224739Democrat +8.0
Democracy Corps (D)05/13 - 05/155242Democrat +10.0
Battleground05/11 - 05/144940Democrat +9.0
Rasmussen04/28 - 04/294641Democrat +5.0
CBS News/NY Times04/25 - 04/295032Democrat +18.0
NBC/WSJ04/25 - 04/284934Democrat +15.0
Rasmussen04/04 - 04/064337Democrat +6.0
Democracy Corps (D)03/25 - 03/275340Democrat +13.0
Rasmussen03/12 - 03/134440Democrat +4.0
NBC/WSJ03/07 - 03/104935Democrat +14.0
Rasmussen01/14 - 01/154338Democrat +5.0
USA Today/Gallup12/14 - 12/165340Democrat +13.0
Battleground12/09 - 12/124641Democrat +5.0
Rasmussen12/07 - 12/094636Democrat +10.0
NBC/WSJ11/01 - 11/054637Democrat +9.0
Rasmussen11/02 - 11/044635Democrat +11.0
CNN11/02 - 11/045342Democrat +11.0
Rasmussen10/04 - 10/044836Democrat +12.0
NBC/WSJ09/10 - 09/124735Democrat +12.0
Rasmussen09/04 - 09/045032Democrat +18.0
Battleground07/15 - 07/184840Democrat +8.0
Rasmussen07/16 - 07/174637Democrat +9.0
CNN06/22 - 06/245341Democrat +12.0
FOX News11/04 - 11/054936Democrat +13.0
CNN11/03 - 11/055838Democrat +20.0
USA Today/Gallup11/02 - 11/055144Democrat +7.0
ABC News/Wash Post11/01 - 11/045145Democrat +6.0
Pew Research11/01 - 11/044743Democrat +4.0
Newsweek11/02 - 11/035438Democrat +16.0
Time11/01 - 11/035540Democrat +15.0
CBS News/NY Times10/27 - 10/315234Democrat +18.0
NBC/WSJ10/28 - 10/305237Democrat +15.0
CNN10/27 - 10/295342Democrat +11.0
Cook/RT Strategies10/26 - 10/295936Democrat +23.0
Newsweek10/26 - 10/275338Democrat +15.0
FOX News10/24 - 10/254938Democrat +11.0
AP-Ipsos10/20 - 10/255637Democrat +19.0
Zogby10/20 - 10/234433Democrat +11.0
Hotline/FD10/19 - 10/235234Democrat +18.0
USA Today/Gallup10/20 - 10/225441Democrat +13.0
CNN10/20 - 10/225740Democrat +17.0
ABC News/Wash Post10/19 - 10/225541Democrat +14.0
Cook/RT Strategies10/19 - 10/225735Democrat +22.0
Pew Research10/17 - 10/224938Democrat +11.0
Newsweek10/19 - 10/205537Democrat +18.0
NBC/WSJ10/13 - 10/165237Democrat +15.0
CNN10/13 - 10/155640Democrat +16.0
FOX News10/10 - 10/115041Democrat +9.0
Harris10/06 - 10/094735Democrat +12.0
USA Today/Gallup10/06 - 10/085936Democrat +23.0
CNN10/06 - 10/085837Democrat +21.0
CBS News/NY Times10/05 - 10/084935Democrat +14.0
ABC News/Wash Post10/05 - 10/085441Democrat +13.0
Cook/RT Strategies10/05 - 10/084938Democrat +11.0
Newsweek10/05 - 10/065139Democrat +12.0
Time10/03 - 10/045439Democrat +15.0
AP-Ipsos10/02 - 10/045141Democrat +10.0
Democracy Corps (D)10/01 - 10/035141Democrat +10.0
NBC/WSJ09/30 - 10/024839Democrat +9.0
CNN09/29 - 10/025342Democrat +11.0
FOX News09/26 - 09/274938Democrat +11.0
Battleground09/24 - 09/274941Democrat +8.0
Hotline/FD09/24 - 09/264633Democrat +13.0
Zogby09/22 - 09/254233Democrat +9.0
CNN09/22 - 09/245542Democrat +13.0
LA Times/Bloomberg09/16 - 09/194939Democrat +10.0
CBS News/NY Times09/15 - 09/195035Democrat +15.0
USA Today/Gallup09/15 - 09/174848Tie
FOX News09/12 - 09/134138Democrat +3.0
AP-Ipsos09/11 - 09/135339Democrat +14.0
NBC/WSJ09/08 - 09/114839Democrat +9.0
Gallup09/07 - 09/105341Democrat +12.0
Pew Research09/06 - 09/105039Democrat +11.0
Morning Call09/05 - 09/075042Democrat +8.0
CNN08/30 - 09/025343Democrat +10.0
FOX News08/29 - 08/304832Democrat +16.0
Cook/RT Strategies08/25 - 08/275140Democrat +11.0
Newsweek08/24 - 08/255038Democrat +12.0
Time08/22 - 08/245140Democrat +11.0
Quinnipiac08/17 - 08/234839Democrat +9.0
CBS News/NY Times08/17 - 08/214732Democrat +15.0
USA Today/Gallup08/18 - 08/204745Democrat +2.0
CNN08/18 - 08/205243Democrat +9.0
Keystone Poll08/17 - 08/204040Tie
Rasmussen08/17 - 08/194638Democrat +8.0
Pew Research08/09 - 08/135041Democrat +9.0
Newsweek08/10 - 08/115139Democrat +12.0
Gallup08/07 - 08/105041Democrat +9.0
FOX News08/08 - 08/094830Democrat +18.0
AP-Ipsos08/07 - 08/095537Democrat +18.0
ABC News/Wash Post08/03 - 08/065239Democrat +13.0
LA Times/Bloomberg07/28 - 08/014837Democrat +11.0
USA Today/Gallup07/28 - 07/305140Democrat +11.0
CBS News/NY Times07/21 - 07/254535Democrat +10.0
NBC/WSJ07/21 - 07/244838Democrat +10.0
Hotline/FD07/20 - 07/234832Democrat +16.0
FOX News07/11 - 07/124234Democrat +8.0
AP-Ipsos07/10 - 07/125140Democrat +11.0
Time06/27 - 06/294735Democrat +12.0
Democracy Corps (D)06/25 - 06/295142Democrat +9.0
LA Times/Bloomberg06/24 - 06/274935Democrat +14.0
USA Today/Gallup06/23 - 06/255438Democrat +16.0
ABC News/Wash Post06/22 - 06/255239Democrat +13.0
Hotline/FD06/21 - 06/254136Democrat +5.0
Rasmussen06/22 - 06/224734Democrat +13.0
Pew Research06/14 - 06/195139Democrat +12.0
CNN06/14 - 06/154538Democrat +7.0
FOX News06/13 - 06/144633Democrat +13.0
NBC/WSJ06/09 - 06/124938Democrat +11.0
USA Today/Gallup06/09 - 06/115139Democrat +12.0
AP-Ipsos06/05 - 06/075232Democrat +20.0
Cook/RT Strategies06/01 - 06/045038Democrat +12.0
Hotline/FD05/18 - 05/214236Democrat +6.0
FOX News05/16 - 05/184629Democrat +17.0
ABC News/Wash Post05/11 - 05/155240Democrat +12.0
Newsweek05/11 - 05/125039Democrat +11.0
CBS News/NY Times05/04 - 05/084433Democrat +11.0
CNN05/05 - 05/075238Democrat +14.0
FOX News05/02 - 05/034138Democrat +3.0
AP-Ipsos05/01 - 05/035134Democrat +17.0
Rasmussen04/29 - 04/304636Democrat +10.0
USA Today/Gallup04/28 - 04/305439Democrat +15.0
Cook/RT Strategies04/27 - 04/304432Democrat +12.0
CNN04/21 - 04/235040Democrat +10.0
Pew Research04/07 - 04/165141Democrat +10.0
LA Times/Bloomberg04/08 - 04/114935Democrat +14.0
Gallup04/07 - 04/095144Democrat +7.0
ABC News/Wash Post04/06 - 04/095540Democrat +15.0
CBS News04/06 - 04/094434Democrat +10.0
Cook/RT Strategies04/06 - 04/094636Democrat +10.0
AP-Ipsos04/03 - 04/054933Democrat +16.0
Time03/22 - 03/235041Democrat +9.0
Democracy Corps (D)03/16 - 03/205040Democrat +10.0
Newsweek03/16 - 03/175039Democrat +11.0
NPR03/12 - 03/145237Democrat +15.0
NBC/WSJ03/10 - 03/135037Democrat +13.0
AP-Ipsos03/06 - 03/084736Democrat +11.0
FOX News02/28 - 03/014834Democrat +14.0
CNN/USA Today/Gallup02/28 - 03/015339Democrat +14.0
Democracy Corps (D)02/23 - 02/274840Democrat +8.0
Cook/RT Strategies02/23 - 02/264738Democrat +9.0
Hotline/FD02/16 - 02/194631Democrat +15.0
Zogby02/15 - 02/183629Democrat +7.0
Battleground02/12 - 02/154641Democrat +5.0
FOX News02/07 - 02/084234Democrat +8.0
AP-Ipsos02/06 - 02/084737Democrat +10.0
Pew Research02/01 - 02/055041Democrat +9.0
NBC/WSJ01/26 - 01/294738Democrat +9.0
ABC News/Wash Post01/23 - 01/265139Democrat +12.0
LA Times/Bloomberg01/22 - 01/254735Democrat +12.0
Cook/RT Strategies01/22 - 01/255139Democrat +12.0
CBS News/NY Times01/20 - 01/254334Democrat +9.0
Rasmussen01/15 - 01/164635Democrat +11.0
Hotline/FD01/12 - 01/154033Democrat +7.0
Harris01/06 - 01/094334Democrat +9.0
CNN/USA Today/Gallup01/06 - 01/084943Democrat +6.0
Democracy Corps (D)01/04 - 01/085040Democrat +10.0
AP-Ipsos01/03 - 01/054936Democrat +13.0
NPR12/15 - 12/184537Democrat +8.0
ABC News/Wash Post12/15 - 12/185041Democrat +9.0
Hotline/FD12/12 - 12/134333Democrat +10.0
Cook/RT Strategies12/08 - 12/114938Democrat +11.0
CBS News/NY Times12/02 - 12/064233Democrat +9.0
Quinnipiac11/28 - 12/044736Democrat +11.0
Time11/29 - 12/014836Democrat +12.0
Democracy Corps (D)11/16 - 11/204841Democrat +7.0
Hotline/FD11/11 - 11/154135Democrat +6.0
Newsweek11/10 - 11/115336Democrat +17.0
NBC/WSJ11/04 - 11/074837Democrat +11.0
Democracy Corps (D)11/02 - 11/064839Democrat +9.0
ABC News/Wash Post10/30 - 11/025237Democrat +15.0
CNN/USA Today/Gallup10/21 - 10/235043Democrat +7.0
Hotline/FD10/12 - 10/164031Democrat +9.0
GW/Battleground10/09 - 10/124741Democrat +6.0
NBC/WSJ10/08 - 10/104839Democrat +9.0
Democracy Corps (D)10/05 - 10/104641Democrat +5.0
Newsweek09/29 - 09/304742Democrat +5.0
FOX News09/27 - 09/284032Democrat +8.0
Democracy Corps (D)09/19 - 09/214839Democrat +9.0
Pew Research09/08 - 09/115240Democrat +12.0
Newsweek09/08 - 09/095038Democrat +12.0
FOX News08/30 - 08/313835Democrat +3.0
Democracy Corps (D)07/19 - 07/254841Democrat +7.0
NBC/WSJ07/08 - 07/114538Democrat +7.0
Westhill Partners/Hotline07/07 - 07/103933Democrat +6.0
Democracy Corps (D)06/20 - 06/264843Democrat +5.0
Zogby06/20 - 06/223833Democrat +5.0
Westhill Partners/Hotline06/02 - 06/053937Democrat +2.0
The Feldman Group (D)05/23 - 05/284136Democrat +5.0
Democracy Corps (D)05/17 - 05/234843Democrat +5.0
NBC/WSJ05/12 - 05/164740Democrat +7.0
Democracy Corps (D)04/13 - 04/194742Democrat +5.0
Newsweek03/16 - 12/31----Tie

All Commentary & News Stories

- Obama's Money Class - David Brooks, New York Times

- What Pawlenty Can't Do for McCain - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- John McCain's JFK Opportunity - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal

- The America We Love - Senator Barack Obama, Independence, Missouri

- The Private Character of John McCain - Abraham Katsman, Jerusalem Post

- Obama's VP Conundrum - John Heilemann, New York Magazine

- Romney Tops McCain Veep List - Mike Allen, The Politico

- The Post-Russert Era - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post

- Back to the Center - Norman Ornstein, New York Times

- Obama Can Learn From Reagan How to Calm Voters - Al Hunt, Bloomberg

- Lieberman's Revenge - Michael Dougherty, The American Conservative

- Europe Worries About Obama on Iran - Amir Taheri, New York Post

- Timing the Unveiling of Running Mates - Adam Nagourney, New York Times

- What Pawlenty Can't Do for John McCain - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- A Who's Who of '68 Radicals Supports Obama - Daniel Flynn, City Journal

- McCain's Delicate Immigration Dance - Michael Scherer, Time

- Will Obama Deliver Progressive Agenda? - Paul Krugman, New York Times

- Gun Ruling Lets Obama Off the Hook - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

- Obama's Iraq Problem - George Packer, The New Yorker

- McCain's Universalism vs. Obama's Particularism - Gregory Scoblete, RCP

- Democrats, Not Just Obama, Are Weak with Whites - Peter Brown, WSJ

- McCain Talks the Party Line - Michael Tomasky, The Guardian

- Some on Left Target McCain's War Record - Ben Smith, The Politico

- Dreams From Obama's Grandmother - Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

- Attacks on Michelle Obama Won't Work - Ed Kilgore, The New Republic

- Is Carly Fiorina McCain's VP Answer? - Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call

- Obama Works to Close Faith Gap - Reid Wilson, RealClearPolitics

- Fear and Loathing in Denver - New York Post

- Nation-Building Needed at Home - Thomas Friedman, New York Times

- Obama May Recruit Robert Gates - Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times

- Obama's Baseless "Move to the Center" Strategy - Glenn Greenwald, Salon

- Retiring Repubs: Rather Quit Than Fight - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard

- Clinton's VP Stock Is Rising - Michael Goodwin, New York Daily News

- An Election of Flip-Flops We Didn't Expect - Evan Thomas, Newsweek

- Dumbing Down the Presidency - David Broder, Washington Post

- A Silver Bullet for Obama? - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe

- No Time for Obama to Play It Safe - Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times

- He Must Build a Bridge to the Center - Bob Kerrey, New York Daily News

- It's Obama's to Win -- Or Lose - Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

- 'It's Over, Lady!' - Maureen Dowd, New York Times

- Closing McCain's Enthusiasm Gap - Stephen Hayes, Weekly Standard

- Rich Go Democrat: A New Political Geography - Alec MacGillis, Wash Post

- Obama Nor McCain Can Cure the Economy - Daniel Gross, Slate

- Obama's America Is Canada - Washington Times

- Same Old Politics of Terror - Boston Globe

- New Campaign for Democrats: Unity - Murray and Balz, Washington Post

- Emulating the Man From Hope - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics

- McCain's Challenge on Security - Jennifer Rubin, New York Observer

- How Obama Can Lose - Paul West, Baltimore Sun

- How Democrats Can Unite - Sheri Rivlin & Allan Rivlin, RealClearPolitics

- Why Vice Presidents Matter Now - Michael Barone, US News & WR

- Conservatives Warm to McCain's Philosophy - Ben Adler, The Politico

- Ohio's Self-Inflicted Economic Death - Chester Finn, Wall Street Journal

- Economy Helping Obama With Male Voters - Bill Schneider, Nat'l Journal

- Could Bob Barr Have an Impact? - Julie Bosman, New York Times

- On Energy, McCain Sounds a Lot Like Cheney - Joe Conason, Salon

- Is Obama a True Reformer? - Miami Herald

- Recent Rulings Spotlight Election's Stakes - Joseph Williams, Boston Globe

- Tough-Guy Act is Smart Move for Obama - Charles Hurt, New York Post

- Will Obama Get Away w/Pretzel Logic? - Howard Kurtz, Washington Post

- Mapping Obama's Electoral Victory - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

- No, McCain Isn't 'Doomed' - John Fund, Wall Street Journal

- John Roberts's Favor to President Obama - Jeffrey Rosen, New Republic

- Obama's Housing Policy: Grim Proving Ground - Binyamin Appelbaum, BG

- Obama Shifts Give GOP Opening - Rick Klein, ABC News

- On Energy, McCain Sounds a Lot Like Cheney - Joe Conason, Salon

- The Sam's Club Agenda - David Brooks, New York Times

- Dems Know Gun Control is a Losing Issue - John Tabin, Am Spectator

- McCain in Trouble with Male Voters - William Schneider, National Journal

- McCain's Challenge on Security - Jennifer Rubin, New York Observer

- Obama: Change Agent Goes Conventional - Kenneth Vogel, The Politico

- McCain's Day of Repudiation - George Will, New York Post

- The State of Patriotism - Peter Beinart, Time

- The Ever-Malleable Mr. Obama - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

- John McCain's Love of Lobbyists - Ari Berman, The Nation

- Grand New Party - Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics

- Obama's Supreme Move to the Center - Massimo Calabresi, Time

- Conservatives Will Come Out In Nov - Grover Norquist, Financial Times

- The GOP Made Obama Do It - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

- Obama Under Fire After Gun Ruling - David Paul Kuhn, The Politico

- Is Sour News Good News for the Dems? - Daniel Henninger, Wall St. Journal

- Obama's Profound Impact on the Future - Warren Bolton, The State

- The Energy Quagmire - Ken Blackwell, New York Sun

- Terrorism & McCain: Black Was Right - Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker

- Is Ralph Nader Losing It? - Joan Walsh, Salon

- Gerrymandering Distorts Our Elections - David Broder, Washington Post

- McCain's Reputation is Undeserved - Matthew Yglesias, The Guardian

- Is Clinton-Obama Unity Just a Town in N.H.? - Tapper & Miller, ABC News

- The Howard Dean Nominee - Steve Kornacki, New York Observer

- Barack, Here's How to Get the White People - Jack White, The Root

- Netroots Jilted by Obama FISA Stand - Carrie Budoff Brown, The Politico

- GOP Riding Obama's Coattails? - John Mercurio, National Journal

- A Winning Strategy for McCain - Todd Domke, Boston Globe

- Obamacons On the Rise? - Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times

- Dems in Delicate Talks to Unify Party - Nagourney & Zeleny, NY Times

- For Obama, Wooing Hillary is Easy Part - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg

- It's All About Obama - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

- Does Obama Really Have a Big Lead? - Howard Fineman, Newsweek

- Obama's 50 State Strategy - Kyle Trygstad, RealClearPolitics

- Why TV Ads Are a Waste of Money - Steven Stark, Boston Phoenix