{"id":16919,"date":"2010-10-31T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/the-preference-gap\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:45","slug":"the-preference-gap","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2010\/10\/31\/the-preference-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"The Preference Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pew Research Center\u2019s final 2010 pre-election poll finds that among all registered voters, preferences are about evenly divided \u2014 44% Democratic, 43% Republican. The GOP\u2019s overall lead of 6points (48% to 42%) is only evident when the sample is narrowed to likely voters. This represents one of the largest gaps in preferences between all voters and likely voters ever recorded in Pew Research Center surveys. As was the case earlier in the campaign, this is more a consequence of unusually high engagement among Republicans than disengagement among Democrats. Since September, a growing number of Democrats say they have given a lot of thought to the election, but they still lag Republicans by a wide margin. The current levels of Democratic engagement are fairly typical for a midterm election, though they are somewhat below what they were in 2006, when the party regained control of Congress. Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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