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Republicans Trail Democrats by 12 Points in Battle for House: Poll

Independent voters backed Democrats 54% to 30%, while 71% of respondents favored stricter AI guardrails, according to Quinnipiac University.

  • With five weeks until Election Day, a national Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows Democrats holding a 12-point lead over Republicans in the generic congressional ballot for the House of Representatives.
  • Independent voters are driving this Democratic advantage, with 54 percent preferring a Democratic victory in the House of Representatives, while independents continue to favor Democrats by 16 points on the generic ballot.
  • Across all seven policy areas tested, voters favored Democrats over Republicans, including 55 percent to 31 percent on health care and 48 percent to 42 percent on the economy.
  • President Donald Trump faces persistent disapproval, with NBC News' polling average placing his approval at 39 percent and disapproval at 59 percent, while Quinnipiac data shows his economy disapproval reached 65 percent.
  • Heightened voter concern regarding artificial intelligence influences electoral sentiment, as 79 percent prioritize safety over innovation, while bipartisan majorities oppose local data center construction, including 85 percent of Democrats and 55 percent of Republicans.
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Fifty-one percent of registered voters in the United States want the Democratic Party to win control of the House of Representatives, while 39 percent want the Republican Party to keep its majority. Nine percent had no opinion, according to a national survey by Quinnipiac University. The poll was conducted between September 24 and 27 among 1,032 registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.8 percentage points. The result gives Democ…

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Lean Right

Republicans lag behind the Democrats by 12 percentage points in the House of Representatives' struggle for majority in the upcoming US Congressional interim elections, testifying to a survey conducted by Quinnipiac University.

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Who would win Congress today? New poll shows one party with 16-point lead

Democrats hold a significant advantage with just about one month before the midterm elections, according to a new poll.

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TFD broke the news on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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