Posted on 05/05/2014 1:40:57 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The Republican Party is at its strongest point in two decades heading into midterm elections, according to a new Pew Research-USA Today poll, the latest daunting sign for Democrats ahead of campaign season.
The GOP is at an even stronger point than in previous "wave" elections in 1994 and 2010 and looks poised to make major gains and possibly take control of the U.S. Senate.
According to the poll, out Monday, Republicans have a 47-43 lead on the generic congressional ballot. That's a 10-point swing from October, when Democrats, boosted by GOP blame for the federal government shutdown, held a 6-point lead in the Pew poll.
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Some of the other troubling signs for Democrats:
Obama's approval rating sits at 44%, compared with 50% who disapprove.
Although last Friday's jobs report showed the unemployment rate dropping to its lowest level since 2008, most people (65%) say jobs are still difficult to find. And while 25% of voters think the economy will get better next year, about an equal number think it'll get worse.
The percentage of voters who disapprove of the Affordable Care Act (55%) is still tied for the highest in the law's history.
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I’m sure the Rhino party will find some way to screw this up.
Good news, for sure. As long as those Republicans are mostly Constitutional conservatives too. If not...
Compare with not-so-Scott Rasmussen.
Last week's generic congressional was 40-38, +2 Republican.
This week's generic is 41-37, a six-point swing, +4 'Rat.
They couldn’t measure our intensity in 2010, I doubt they can now. In someways we are smarter, and we are sending money very judiciously without any concerns for the RNC. My guess is the Beltway Establishment and their Media won’t read the Tea Leaves for this fall, nor will they understand the results.
Thank you guys for your answer!
“underserved neighborhoods”
The Ras polls are so volatile, I’ve pretty much written them off as any kind of barometer. Obama will be underwater 8 point in approval, and then be on top 3 points a week later with no event plausibly affecting this. It’s a coin toss.
Easy,just bash the TEA party guys and pass AMNESTY
Yup! Amnesty does seem to be the way to lose the election.
My first thought as well.
Exactly. I view not-Scott Rasmussen polling like most other polling: It's a Ouija board "planchette", with the pollster choreographing.
Or Boehner will push amnesty after the primaries and piss off his entire base.
That is true. There is an old guy at my church, a retired teacher, die hard dem and it’s the Republicans that have caused all the problems. We are all just rich greedy people. He calls himself a Blue Dog Democrat. I tell him, yeah, you’re a dog alright and he knows I don’t like dogs, necessarily.
Does that include the 5% dead democrat vote?
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