Gallup generic ballot for Congress--46% Dem 46% Rep/ GOP more enthused

[WI_DEM]

Gallup's generic ballot for Congress for the week of Sept. 20-26 shows the race tied among all registered voters. However, Republicans' continuing higher enthusiasm coupled with the usual GOP turnout advantage suggest a significant Republican edge in the nationwide vote for the U.S. House, and, in turn, significant Republican House seat gains.

With five weeks to go before the Nov. 2 elections, and campaigning intensifying, these indicators could shift, but it would require a major reorientation of voter sentiment to shift the probabilities significantly in the Democrats' direction.

Generic Ballot for Congress

Gallup's generic congressional ballot provides a summary measure of Americans' current voting intentions for Congress. The generic ballot has proven a highly accurate predictor of the national vote for the House of Representatives in midterm election years.

At this point, the generic ballot shows 46% of registered voters choosing the Democratic candidate and 46% the Republican candidate, based on more than 3,000 interviews conducted Sept. 20-26. Three out of the last four weeks have found the generic ballot among registered voters essentially tied.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/143243/Midterm-Election-Landscape-Points-Republican-Gains.aspx

[bigdarryl]

1. I'm SICK AND TIRED!!!!! of hearing the rethugs are more enthused

[Kdillard]

2. It is pretty eye roll inducing. Hopefully Dems will prove them wrong.

[nevergiveup]

3. One thing is for sure:

the pollsters and media are sure enthusiast about Republicans being supposedly more enthusiast.

[Cosmocat]

5. TRU DAT!

spot on ...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. And yet only 5% of them turned out for Castle/O'Donnell in DE.

If we're truly tired of hearing about how "enthused" the teabaggers are, then we need to band together NOW!! Unite or suffer from M$M obsessive hard-ons over the teabaggers.

[mkultra]

4. FUCK the Republicans. IM READY TO GO.

we are not going to lose to these animals. We will not go back to W.

[opihimoimoi]

6. GOPer SPIN SHIT FUCK MEME..&^%$%^&%#

[JaneQPublic]

7. Since when...

...do the votes of enthusiastic folks count more than those of humdrum voters?

Hell, very seldom, if ever, am I a screaming groupy for the people I'm voting for.

Even if it's someone I'm not terribly impressed with, I'll still vote for that person if he/she is better than the opposition.

It sounds as though some pollsters and/or reporters are doing the damndest to spin survey data to give advantage to the GOP.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. They are hoping that if they repeat the so-called "ethusiasm gap" enough, it'll

depress the Democratic vote this fall. What it MAY be doing is the opposite. We may get so tired of hearing this shit that it actually encourages us to get out and do something about it. I'm praying that I'm right.