VAR 001357 E7. Party control Senate before election MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 2476 - 2476 Numeric E7. Do you happen to know which party had the most members in the U.S. Senate BEFORE the election (this/last) month? --------------------------------------------------------------------- (IF NECESSARY: WHICH ONE?) [DON'T PROBE DK] 1. THE DEMOCRATS 5. THE REPUBLICANS 8. DK 9. RF 0. NA; INAP, no Post interview 0 1 5 8 ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 252 148 776 631 ==============================