Commentary
There are just over 100 days until the U.S. mid-term elections, and consternation is acute in certain quarters. A new poll from Rasmussen Reports indicates that the Republican lead in the generic congressional vote has now increased to 10 points, which is up 2 points just in the past week.
A generic congressional ballot is a polling mechanism that asks responders what their political party preferences are “today,” as opposed to their opinions on specific named candidates. The Rasmussen poll explains why this number is critical: “In July 2018, before voters handed Democrats their first House majority in eight years, Democrats held a seven-point advantage (47% to 40%) in the generic ballot question.”…