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Voters turning toward GOP: poll

Fresh off major Election Day victories in Virginia and New Jersey, Republicans got another boost Wednesday with a new Gallup poll that shows registered voters favoring the GOP over Democrats if the 2010 congressional election were held today.

The Gallup survey, conducted Nov. 5-8, found that 48 percent of respondents said they would vote for a Republican candidate for Congress, while 44 percent said they would back a Democrat.

Independent voters were decidedly stronger in their preference for a Republican candidate, choosing the GOP by a 22 percent margin — 52 to 30 percent — according to the survey.

“The number one reason for the poll results is the economy,” said Larry Sabato, director of the center for politics at the University of Virginia.

“People are generally concerned that we haven’t seen more economic recovery, particularly in unemployment,” he said, though he stressed that numbers can change substantially within the next year.

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