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With less than three weeks to Election Day, Democrats and Republicans remain in a near tie on the Generic Congressional Ballot. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey finds that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters would choose the Democratic candidate if the elections for Congress were held today. Forty-four percent (44%) would opt for the Republican. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 With less than a month to Election Day, the Generic Congressional Ballot is now dead even. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey finds that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters would choose the Democratic candidate if the elections for Congress were held today. Another 45% would opt for the Republican. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Last week, 47% of voters said they would choose the Democratic candidate while 42% said they would choose the Republican. It is unclear whether the...

Democrats hold a 2-point lead over Republicans when asked by registered voters which party that want to control Congress after November’s midterm elections, according to a new IBD/TIPP poll released Thursday, a sharp decrease from previous iterations of the survey. The new IBD/TIPP poll shows 45 percent of registered voters said they would prefer for Democrats to regain control of the House and Senate, compared to the 43 percent who want to see the GOP maintain leadership. The Democrats' number is down from last month, when the party held a massive 11-point lead on the same question, where 50 percent...