Poll: GOP up 8 in "Generic Ballot"

From Rasmussen:

With just three weeks to go until Election Day, Republicans hold an eight-point lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot.

Polling for the week ending Sunday, October 10, shows that 47% of Likely Voters would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate, while 39% prefer the Democrat…

Rasmussen figures the November 2nd electorate will be 35% GOP, 33% Dem, the rest Independents (with, as polling has found all year, a strong GOP tilt among this group). Personally, I think that underestimates the GOP total, but it is better to be cautious. I’ll just say I expect the GOP to do well on November 2nd, without making any public predictions as to who wins what.