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CNN Poll: In competitive districts, voters favor Republicans (but ballot counters favor Democrats!)
hotair.com ^ | 10/13/22 | John Sexton

Posted on 10/13/2022 12:57:01 PM PDT by cotton1706

CNN has a poll out today with some interesting results. On one had the poll found that nationwide Democratic candidate have a slight advantage. However, the situation changes when you look at competitive congressional districts. In those districts, the GOP has an advantage.

Among likely voters nationwide, the race is a tight split, with 50% backing the Democratic candidate and 47% behind the Republican. But in competitive congressional districts, Democratic support among likely voters dips and preferences tilt toward the Republicans: 48% of likely voters in that group prefer the Republican candidate, 43% the Democrat.

Voters are narrowly more likely to say that Republican candidates near them have a clear plan for solving the country’s problems (32%) than they are to say the same about Democratic candidates (28%). In a notable party divide, Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to see their own party’s candidates as having a clear plan for solving problems (71% of Republicans say GOP candidates have such a plan vs. 59% of Democrats who say the same about their party’s nominees).

The margin of error among likely voters is 4% so the GOP advantage in competitive districts is just barely outside of that. Democrats also have an enthusiasm gap to worry about.

Republican registered voters nationwide and in competitive congressional districts are a bit more likely to say they are deeply motivated to vote than are Democratic registered voters (52% extremely motivated among Republicans nationally, 46% among Democrats; in competitive districts, it’s 55% among Republicans vs. 45% among Democrats).

But the big issue for Democrats remains voter priorities.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections

1 posted on 10/13/2022 12:57:02 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Vote rigging: How to spot the tell-tale signs
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37243190
2 September 2016


2 posted on 10/13/2022 1:03:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: cotton1706

Leave no room for “error”
Crush them like a bug.
Thanks


3 posted on 10/13/2022 1:07:07 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Leep

CNN poll. That’s all you have to know.


4 posted on 10/13/2022 1:24:59 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Trump in 2024 - MAGA Man and Swamp Destroyer)
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To: cotton1706

Ballot counters favor Democrats!

You know just like 2020 election 3:00am spikes to ensue.


5 posted on 10/13/2022 1:27:58 PM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: cotton1706

gotta beat the margin of fraud


6 posted on 10/13/2022 1:34:49 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: cotton1706

“Republican registered voters nationwide and in competitive congressional districts are a bit more likely to say they are deeply motivated to vote than are Democratic registered voters”

Ok, well, CNN is talking Registered Voters, which tend to boost Dem numbers, vs Likely Voters, which boost Republicans.

“52% extremely motivated among Republicans nationally, 46% among Democrats;”

52% vs 46% is more than “a bit”, but CNN is gonna spin to favor Dems if they can.

“in competitive districts, it’s 55% among Republicans vs. 45% among Democrats”.

Disaster for Dems in competitive districts. This is the 3rd story I’ve read in the past month that gives Republicans a distinct advantage in competitive districts. If the enthusiasm gap is 10 points among Registered Voters, it’s probably 13 to 15 points among Likely Voters. Dems have to be sweating because you know their internal polling is going from bad to worse.


7 posted on 10/13/2022 1:49:42 PM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: Roadrunner383
Dems have to be sweating because you know their internal polling is going from bad to worse.

Thus, the strategy is to go full on negative - like subpoenaing Trump.

8 posted on 10/13/2022 1:51:16 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: cotton1706
On one had the poll found that nationwide Democratic candidate have a slight advantage.

And that is democrat's biggest problem and their biggest strategic flaw. By kow-towing to the far left, they can indeed run up huge margins in big cities and hard blue states, but at the expense of the rest of the country. They haven't seemed to figure out yet that we don't elect Congress or the President by national popular vote, so running up huge margins in major population centers does absolutely nothing.

9 posted on 10/13/2022 3:14:31 PM PDT by apillar
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To: cotton1706; All

Yup. It’s not WHO votes… it’s who COUNTS the votes.


10 posted on 10/13/2022 3:15:22 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64

This! And everyone knows it, even Republican leadership, yet they donNOTHING! Why?
Stop the steal 2022!!!!!


11 posted on 10/13/2022 5:16:05 PM PDT by bantam
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To: cotton1706

Has there ever been a poll about whether people believe CNN is real news?


12 posted on 10/14/2022 5:24:23 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Vaduz

They will cheat again. They always cheat.


13 posted on 10/14/2022 5:32:00 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Machavelli

Indeed it’s their trade mark


14 posted on 10/14/2022 7:16:35 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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