Poll: Dems Hold Lead in Generic Vote For Congress

If elections for Congress were held today, 45 percent of likely voters would pick the Democratic candidate, while 37 percent would vote for the Republican, according to a Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey released on Monday.

Only 5 percent would vote for some other candidate, while another 12 percent are not sure of their choice, according to the poll.

Other results from the survey include:

• Among both Democrats and Republicans, 78 percent would vote for the candidate from their own party.
• Among independents, 44 percent said they would vote for a Democratic candidate, while only 22 percent said they would choose a Republican.
• Among black voters, 63 percent would vote for the Democratic candidate, while only 19 percent would pick a Republican.
• Among other minorities, 43 percent would pick a Democrat, while 33 percent would vote Republican.
• Among white voters, the Democrats hold a slim 44 percent to 43 percent advantage.
• Republicans have the advantage among those who are 65 years or older, with 46 percent choosing the GOP candidate and only 42 percent saying they would vote for a Democrat.
• Fifty percent of voters agree it is better for the nation when different parties control the House and Senate.
• Thirteen percent of all voters say they have changed their political party affiliation or became an independent in the past year and a half.

The survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted on January 24-25. The margin of sampling error is 3 percentage points, with a 95 percent level of confidence.

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