Of the three networks reviewed during the study, NBC was the most likely to pin the blame on the GOP by a 27 to 6 margin.

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The Republicans entered the election with a slight majority, and emerged with one even more slim -- the smallest since the GOP had a 10-seat margin in 1952.

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And yet, polls continue to show that the public favors the Congressional GOP over the Democrats by a significant margin.

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Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the GOP caucuses in Nevada Saturday by a wide margin, his third early contest victory.

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The GOP sample of 306 likely caucus participants had a margin of error of 6 percentage points.

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Republicans held an 11-vote margin in the 105th Congress, and GOP leaders had been hoping to add up to 40 seats in the November 3 election.

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But if Gore is elected, voters say they would rather have the GOP control Congress by a 50 percent-44 percent margin.

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Those surveys found that the economy was the top issue for GOP voters in both states -- and by a wide margin in Ohio, which has seen a sharp decline in manufacturing jobs in the past decade.

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And Democrats had a record-breaking year in '06, unseating both GOP House members, re-electing the Dem governor by a record margin, and taking both houses of the state Legislature for the first time since the 19th century.

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