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Q1. Midterm elections are November 4, 2014. Which party do you think will have more seats in the Senate after the elections?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Republicans

53%
63%
46%
93%
47%
19%
55%
60%
49%
53%

Democrats

20%
18%
22%
1%
17%
43%
7%
19%
24%
20%

Tie

5%
3%
7%
0%
10%
7%
0%
2%
9%
5%

Don't know

16%
12%
20%
5%
17%
28%
37%
11%
15%
16%

Don't care

3%
1%
4%
0%
7%
1%
0%
5%
1%
3%
Q2. Which party do you think will control the House of Representatives?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Republicans

79%
90%
71%
93%
73%
72%
80%
77%
81%
79%

Democrats

7%
4%
9%
2%
7%
12%
7%
6%
7%
7%

Tie

1%
0%
1%
0%
2%
1%
0%
2%
1%
1%

Don't know

9%
4%
12%
4%
10%
11%
11%
9%
8%
9%

Don't care

2%
0%
4%
0%
6%
1%
0%
5%
1%
2%
Q3. Which of these changes to our political arena would you most like to see occur? (Please choose no more than three)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

Term limits for congressmen

59%
61%
58%
64%
66%
47%
71%
48%
65%
59%

Reduce gerrymandering

42%
44%
40%
16%
38%
72%
41%
37%
45%
42%

Reduce money spent on campaigns

46%
41%
51%
25%
41%
74%
38%
42%
51%
46%

Shorten length of campaigns

24%
24%
23%
15%
22%
34%
22%
17%
28%
24%

Personal life of politicians kept private

7%
8%
7%
14%
1%
7%
10%
7%
7%
7%

More debates

13%
13%
13%
21%
8%
10%
23%
20%
6%
13%

A viable third party

36%
41%
32%
25%
47%
38%
50%
55%
20%
36%

Mandatory voter ID

40%
46%
35%
72%
44%
3%
40%
37%
43%
40%

Other

4%
6%
3%
6%
4%
3%
0%
4%
5%
4%

None of these

1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
0%
0%
1%
0%
1%
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