THE TELEGRAPH: Republicans have taken an unprecedented 10-point lead over the Democrats ahead of November’s midterm polls.
A poll by Gallup gave the current minority party its largest lead of the year and its largest midterm advantage since the company started such polling in 1942, with 51 per cent of US voters saying they would vote Republican and 41 per cent saying they would vote for the Democratic Party.
Gallup, whose poll has previously served as an accurate guide to voter intentions, said the result “suggests the potential for a major 'wave’ election in which the Republicans gain a large number of seats and in the process take back control of the House”. >>> Alex Spillius, Washington | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
