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Parties Nearly Tied for Congress in 2010: Voter preferences for Congress split 46% Democratic vs. 44% Republican (Lydia Saad, 10/07/09, Gallup)

Roughly a year before the 2010 midterm elections, Gallup finds the Republican and Democratic Parties nearly tied in the congressional ballot preferences of registered voters. Forty-six percent of registered voters say they would vote for the Democrat and 44% say the Republican when asked which party's candidate they would support for Congress, if the election were held today.