Republicans maintain a 5-point lead in a generic congressional ballot in their bid to hold a narrow House majority, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday.

If congressional elections were held today, 48% of likely voters said they would vote for the Republican candidate and 43% for the Democrat, according to the survey. That margin is unchanged since May, when Republicans led 47% to 42%, Rasmussen said.

Driving the advantage for Republicans is a 19-point lead among independents. Exactly half of independents surveyed said they would vote for the GOP candidate while 31% said Democrat, according to the poll; 19% said “some other candidate” or “not sure.”

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