Big GOP Gain in Popular Vote Not Reflected in Modest House Seat Shift
A Pew Research Center Note
Elections and Campaigns 
11.11.02
11.03.02
House Voting Intentions Knotted, National Trend Not Apparent
Summary of Findings As has been the case in recent elections, the popular vote for the House of Representatives is likely to be divided about equally between Republican and Democratic candidates, almost ensuring a narrow advantage for the party that controls the next Congress. The Pew Research Center’s final nationwide survey of 1,035 likely voters [...]
10.01.02
Why The Generic Ballot Test?
Throughout the election season, the Pew Research Center and other major polling organizations report a measure that political insiders sometimes call “the generic ballot.” This measure is the percentage of voters in national surveys who say they intend to vote for either the Republican or the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in [...]
