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More than 7 out of every 10 Americans think the country is on the wrong track: Democrats barely come out ahead of Republicans in a generic 2022 midterms poll
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Posted on 01/23/2022 7:51:37 PM PST by algore

A vast majority of Americans are unhappy with the direction their country is going in under President Joe Biden's watch and think the political climate is too polarized to get meaningful progress done, a dire new poll released on Sunday shows.

A survey conducted by NBC News between January 14 and 18 shows that 72 percent of Americans think the United States is off on the wrong track, while just 22 percent believe it's headed in the right direction.

That's relatively unchanged from the last time the poll was taken in October when 71 percent of respondents felt the same -- meaning the president's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and attempts to pass federal voting laws and Build Back Better failed to inspire confidence in Americans.

Throughout the NBC poll's history, public dissatisfaction with the country's future climbed above 70 percent only six times -- each time it occurred during an election year coincided with a new majority in Congress the following November.

'In the three instances when this sustained dark outlook coincided with an election year, it foreshadowed bad news for the party in power — 1992, 2008 and 2016,' Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Associates told the outlet.

Americans also appear more pessimistic than ever about the state of democracy, with 76 percent believing it is under threat. More than seven in every ten Republicans, Democrats and Independents shared the sentiment.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 01/23/2022 7:51:37 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

I’m kind of astonished there are any Democrats left.

I guess they must be those fabled people who “have no shame.”


2 posted on 01/23/2022 7:55:06 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: algore

Ditch’s fault.


3 posted on 01/23/2022 7:56:26 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: algore

Just another Fake Poll.

The democrats would not stand a chance in an honest election.


4 posted on 01/23/2022 7:59:45 PM PST by Revel
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To: Paladin2

More of their lies. It must those 125 year old Wisconsin voters leading in the polls.


5 posted on 01/23/2022 8:00:17 PM PST by Cowgirl
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To: algore

If they think we’re “on the wrong track”, why the hell are they going to vote for Marxist democrats? Not very bright. I guess they want to stay on the wrong track.


6 posted on 01/23/2022 8:01:00 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: algore

“The most recent NBC poll saw Republicans close in on Democrats in the above question, with 45% of voters favoring a GOP-controlled Congress in October compared to 46% now. Democrats’ favorability has remained consistent through both”

total bullshit: multiple other polls have the Dems losing generic house races by double digits, in some case as high as 16 points favorable to the GOP ...


7 posted on 01/23/2022 8:02:43 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science ...)
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To: algore

The country is headed in the wrong direction, and democrats still edge out republicans in a poll?

No doubt, the poll is fake or very biased, or most people are brain-dead.


8 posted on 01/23/2022 8:03:51 PM PST by adorno
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To: JennysCool

The democrats have been fooling people for decades.
They claim to be “inclusive” club for all races and genders.
That is why new legal immigrants gravitate to democrats.
In reality they are always categorizing people.
Democrats claim they are for the poor people.
But they keep it secret from the masses that socialism has never created prosperity anywhere in world.
In summary, what the democrats are selling, sounds good in theory to the people who are poor or disfranchised, but in reality democrat policies keep the poor and disfranchised from advancing.


9 posted on 01/23/2022 8:06:00 PM PST by entropy12
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To: adorno

“if you don’t know who you are votin for, YOU are not a Woman”


10 posted on 01/23/2022 8:09:06 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

The entire purpose of this BS article is to convey to the reader the lie that the Democrats are STILL in the lead regarding the 2022 election.


11 posted on 01/23/2022 8:15:27 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Stay to the right and be ready to fight.)
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To: entropy12

Well said! But I would add that without their bought-and-paid-for media keeping them afloat, the Democrats would have sunk long ago.


12 posted on 01/23/2022 8:19:36 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Not at that we trust pools, but I saw one that had Larry Hogan up 12 pts, in Maryland!


13 posted on 01/23/2022 8:23:34 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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To: JennysCool
I’m kind of astonished there are any Democrats left.

They’re gonna give us free stuff, but…they’re kinda screwing up, but…they’re gonna give us free stuff!”

14 posted on 01/23/2022 8:27:59 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: catnipman

Rigged elections are here to stay. United States of America = Banana Republic


15 posted on 01/23/2022 8:31:59 PM PST by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: algore

How do they come out ahead at all if they’re screwing up so badly? They’ve lost ground with their own base, and worse with the Independents they so covet.

That is just messed up.


16 posted on 01/23/2022 8:36:51 PM PST by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: JennysCool

Still leading in the poles, freaking legalized pot


17 posted on 01/23/2022 9:24:41 PM PST by dila813
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

“The entire purpose of this BS article is to convey to the reader the lie that the Democrats are STILL in the lead regarding the 2022 election.”

So when they steal it, they have deniability.


18 posted on 01/23/2022 10:02:27 PM PST by Luke21
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To: Revel

Generic poll is a sample of D+20 these days


19 posted on 01/23/2022 10:08:56 PM PST by SPDSHDW (You get what you let occur with no resistance. Everything Joepedo n' felons do is on your head.)
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To: algore

America has been headed in the wrong direction since the Civil War. Democrats have been leading the charge all the way back to Andrew Jackson. At least Jackson hated the banks and actually zeroed out the debt for the first time ever.


20 posted on 01/23/2022 11:23:01 PM PST by Nateman (Xi Jinping is the most diabolical enemy America has ever had. 🍊)
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