Democrats maintained a slight edge on the House generic ballot Wednesday, leading Republicans by 9 points, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll.
Fifty-one percent of voters say they’d vote for the Democratic candidate compared to 42 percent for the Republican. Independent voters favor a Democratic candidate by 50 to 38 percent.
Quinnipiac also found that President Trump makes 52 percent of voters think less favorably of the Republican Party. The polling comes as more races have shifted in Democrats’ favor.
Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election tracker, changed the rating of five seats, four toward Democrats and one toward Republicans. Three races were moved to the toss-up category, including California’s 45th District, which is currently held by Republican Rep. Mimi Walters.
Last year, it was considered unthinkable that a Democrat could oust Walters, who maintained the best advantage out of California Republicans whose districts went for Hillary Clinton. The Cook report also shifted Republican Rep. Tom McArthur’s seat in New Jersey’s 3rd District to the toss-up column.
The latest changes put more than 37 Republican-held seats in the toss-up or lean Democratic columns. Democrats need to flip 23 seats to capture the House majority.
