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<p class="date">Wednesday, October 10, 2018<br>
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<p style=" "> With less than a month to Election Day, the Generic
Congressional Ballot is now dead even. </p>
<p style=" "> 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, <a
href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/questions/pt_survey_questions/october_2018/questions_generic_congressional_ballot_september_30_october_4_2018"
title="Questions" target="_blank">click here</a>.) </p>
<p style=" "> 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 sudden jump to a tie vote is
a reflection of the anger surrounding the Kavanaugh confirmation
process, but we will continue to watch this in the weeks ahead. </p>
<p style=" "> <a
href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/platinum/historical_data/generic_congressional_ballot_new_trends"
target="_self">Since Rasmussen Reports began the weekly
surveying in early May,</a> Democrats have led every week but
one in mid-August when the two parties were tied at 44% apiece.
Their lead has ranged from one to eight points. </p>
<a
href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/platinum/historical_data/generic_congressional_ballot_trends"
target="_blank">At this time in 2014</a>, prior to the last
non-presidential year congressional elections, Democrats held a 41%
to 39% lead. But Republicans went on to gain control of the Senate
in those elections and increase their majority in the House of
Representatives.
<p style=" "> Republicans are madder about the Kavanaugh controversy
than Democrats are and more determined to vote in the upcoming
elections because of it. </p>
<p style=" "> A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online
survey finds that 54% of all Likely U.S. Voters say they are more
likely to vote in the upcoming midterm elections because of the
controversy surrounding President Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court
nominee. Only nine percent (9%) say they are less likely to vote.
Thirty-four percent (34%) say the controversy will have no impact
on their vote. (To see survey question wording, <a
href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/questions/pt_survey_questions/october_2018/questions_anger_october_7_8_2018"
title="Questions" target="_self">click here</a>.) </p>
<p style=" "> Sixty-two percent (62%) of Republicans are more likely
to vote because of the Kavanaugh controversy, compared to 54% of
Democrats and 46% of voters not affiliated with either major
political party. </p>
Sixty-two percent (62%) of all voters are angry about the U.S.
Senate’s treatment of Kavanaugh, with 42% who are Very Angry.
Fifty-six percent (56%) are angry about how the Senate treated
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual
assault, including 35% who are Very Angry.<br>
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