* USA Election Watch, 2006

TODAY'S TOP ANALYSES

Democrats Lead Republicans in House Vote by Seven Points

"The final USA Today/Gallup measure of Americans' voting intentions for Congress shows Democrats with a 51% to 44% lead over Republicans among likely voters. Although this margin has narrowed from previous USA Today/Gallup polls, it still suggests that Democrats have enough strength to gain a majority of House seats."

Gallup Poll
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The PEW Research Center
For the People and the Press


Republicans Cut Democratic Lead in Campaign's Final Days

Democrats Hold 47%-43% Lead Among Likely Voters

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Each Vote Counts

"The 2000 Presidential election demonstrated how important one vote can be. That one vote could be your vote! Throughout history many important decisions have been made by one vote."

National

"In 1845, one vote brought Texas into the Union. When all attempts to arrive at a formal annexation treaty failed, the United States Congress passed a Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States. The original vote in the Senate had tied at 26 to 26. When Johnson of Louisiana, originally opposed to the resolution, changed his vote, his action broke the stalemate and allowed the passage of the annexation resolution under which Texas entered the United States. Thus, it can be said that Texas annexation was the result of a single vote. (Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

"In 1876, one vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency of the United States. Samuel Tilden won the presidential election by more than 200,000 votes in the popular vote over Rutherford B. Hayes. However, some states reported confusing returns and the Electoral College found itself deadlocked. So a special commission was formed to make the final decision. The commission decided that Hayes, although losing the popular vote, won the Electoral vote by just one ballot – 185 to 184. (Source: www.historychannel.com)

"In 1960, one vote per precinct elected John F. Kennedy the President of the United States. President Kennedy beat Richard Nixon by only 114,673 votes nationally. (Source: John F. Kennedy Library and Museum"