The Democrats’ Wave Could Turn Into A Flood

The following article by Harry Enten was posted on the FiveThirtyEight website December 22, 2017:

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today’s theme song is “Fame” from the television show “Fame.

Poll of the week

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A new CNN survey released this week showed Democrats leading Republicans by an astounding 56 percent to 38 percent on the generic congressional ballot. That’s an 18 percentage point lead among registered voters — a record-breaking result. No other survey taken in November or December in the year before a midterm has found the majority party in the House down by that much since at least the 1938 cycle (as far back as I have data). Continue reading “The Democrats’ Wave Could Turn Into A Flood”