Good example of a jive poll which was designed to reach a desired result. First, they cherry-picked the districts. Then, they skewed the question by leading. They also only counted one side, Republican-held districts, which they then extend as representing the whole while not considering the net gain/loss when including Dem-held districts.
This is BS intended for use in their fundraising among Dems, not as any sort of objective poll.
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A week after publishing survey results from 24 GOP-held House districts, Public Policy Polling has conducted new surveys in an additional 12 such districts. Together, these survey results indicate that Republicans are in danger of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2014.
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Democrats must net 17 seats to reclaim the House.The 12 surveys conducted this week and commissioned and paid for by MoveOn.org Political Action show Republican incumbents trailing generic Democratic challengers in five districts, and tied in a sixth. After respondents are informed that Republican incumbents supported the shutdown, Democrats expand their lead to eight districts. This means that of 36 GOP-held districts surveyed over the last two weeks, generic Democrats lead in 22 before information about the shutdown is provided, and in 29 after respondents learn Republican incumbents supported the shutdown.