Big Shift in Party preference for US Midterms
Poll: Democrats have slipped from a seven-point lead to a three-point deficit heading into congressional elections
RT-World News
US voter concerns over issues such as inflation and crime appear to be giving Republicans an edge over Democrats heading into November’s midterm congressional elections, a new poll has revealed.
The Monmouth University poll, which was conducted in late September and released on Monday, showed that 47% of Americans prefer that Republicans regain control of Congress, compared with 44% who want Democrats to remain in charge. The September result marked a major shift from just one month earlier, when Democrats held a 50-43 lead over Republicans.
Monmouth’s latest poll may also portend an advantage for the GOP in terms of voter turnout. While 58% of respondents who identify as Democrat believe it’s “very important” that their preferred party controls Congress, 62% of Republicans see the midterm results that way. In fact, voter enthusiasm among Democrats by that measure is at the lowest level this year and has dropped by five percentage points in the past month.
With the US inflation rate near a 40-year high and voter concerns over the issue rising, a new poll shows the ruling Democratic Party losing support heading into November’s midterm congressional elections. © Getty Images / Spencer Platt
Rising concerns over the issues that voters consider most important appear to be hurting Democrats because the party’s leader, President Joe Biden, is struggling in those categories. For instance, 82% of Americans see inflation as “very important” or “extremely important” heading into the midterms, and Biden has an approval rating of only 30% on the issue. Crime ranks as the No. 2 concern, at 72%, and just 32% of Americans approve of the president’s handling of the issue. Biden has a 31% rating on immigration, which ranks as a top five issue with 67% of respondents citing it as at least very important.
The president’s highest approval rating, 50%, is on the Covid-19 pandemic, which only 32% of Americans see as highly important, down from 72% a year ago, the poll showed. Concerns over such issues as climate change, racial inequality and infrastructure – topics that might tend to favor Democrats – also have waned.
“Obviously, the Republicans are hitting away at issues where Biden – and by extension, the Democratic Party – is weakest,” said Patrick Murray, director of Monmouth’s polling institute. “But it’s also worth noting that Biden does not provide a rallying point for Democratic voters on some of the issues, such as abortion, that his party is leaning on to motivate its own base.”
While Republicans and Democrats are predictably polarized on key topics, Biden’s weakest issue, inflation, is the only category cited as highly important by at least 75% of independents. The president’s overall approval rating remained at 38% in September, two points above the low-water mark he reached in June. About half of Americans believe he’s doing worse than they expected, compared with 21% who say he’s outperforming their expectations.
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Until people stop trying to elect “parties” as our representatives, we will continue to suffer from our own ignorance.
The GOP is every bit as corrupt and criminal as the DNC, they just put on a different theater show, using different puppets. How stupid can people be to continue to fall for this bullshit year after year, decade after decade? Bunch of imbeciles and lemmings with no brains at all.
Racism IS a problem, except the people who are DISHING IT OUT are non-Whites(especially on the Left) and the amount of non-White on White racism is astronomical. Also, we need to get rid of any and ALL COVID protocols.