REUTERS: House control in range for Democrats: Reuters poll

[jefferson_dem]

House control in range for Democrats: Reuters poll
Wed Nov 1, 2006 7:51 AM ET

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are ahead in races for 12 of 15 key Republican-held seats in the U.S. House one week before the November 7 elections, placing them within striking range of winning control of the chamber, according to Reuters/Zogby polls released on Wednesday.

Five Democrats had comfortable double-digit leads in the battle for the Congress, with just one Republican, Michele Bachmann in Minnesota, holding a double-digit advantage.

Seven of nine Republican incumbents trailed Democratic challengers in the polls, and Republicans were behind in five of six open Republican-held districts.

Democrats must pick up 15 seats to reclaim control of the House of Representatives, and the polls found Republicans struggling to avoid being swept from power for the first time since 1994.

Since the last round of Reuters/Zogby polls in early October, when Democrats led 11 of the 15 races, Democrats improved their standing in nine districts and Republicans gained ground in six.

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[Greeby]

1. According to the polls out there, we're set to at least double that nt

[papau]

2. Zogby I believe is adjusted for expected GOP cheating (also called

great GOTV in last 72 hours - that effort few have ever seen, but which does a great job, as a mantra, in covering up vote suppression and a tally of votes that reports the electronic after vote switch results - the electronic vote switching as demonstrated in the Princeton University video - My God - do we need paper trails and mandatory random audits of that paper or what!)