TWO POLLS TWO WEEKS APART SHOW INDEPENDENTS SURGING TOWARDS GOP – Two CBS/YouGov polls conducted less than two weeks apart show an 18-point shift in support among Independents for the GOP. The polls showed support for the GOP went from 38 percent to 48 percent between the October 12-14 poll and the October 26-28 poll. The Democrats went from 40 percent to 33 percent in the same period of time.
Independent voters are breaking for Republican candidates less than two weeks before the November 8 midterm elections.
According to CBS/YouGov polling from October 12 to 14, independent voters preferred generic congressional Democrat candidates over Republican ones by 40 percent to 38 percent. However, in a second poll from October 26 to 28, independents said they preferred generic congressional Republican candidates over Democrat candidates by 49 percent to 33 percent.
This means that Republicans saw an 18-point swing in their favor among independent voters over a two-week period.
CBS News /YouGov: Generic Congressional Ballot Polling Trends Among
