How can this be? There was a crisis in Tucson and the Democrats have done everything they can think of to exploit it and they lose ground in the polls. We repeat, HOW CAN THIS BE???????
Rasmussen explains the latest numbers:
Republicans hold an 11-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending January 9, 2011. That’s up one point from last week and six points from the week before. It’s the widest gap between the two parties since right before Election Day.
New Rasmussen Reports telephone polling finds that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters nationwide say they would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would choose the Democrat instead.
Last week, Republicans posted a similar 45% to 35% lead over the Democrats. The week before the election, support for Republicans peaked at 51%, the highest level of support either party has enjoyed in the last two years but has tapered off since then.
This survey included just a couple days of post-Tucson massacre madness. It will be very interesting to see what Rasmussen’s next poll shows.
Source: Rasmussen
