New poll shows Congressional Democrats LOSING ground with voters - with a generic Republican ahead for the first time since April

superbeets · Nov 9, 2017

[h=1]New poll shows Congressional Democrats LOSING ground with voters - with a generic Republican ahead for the first time since April[/h]

A new Morning Consult/Politico poll, taken in the days preceding Tuesday's elections, shows a decrease in support for the Democratic Party
For the first time since April, the GOP has a tiny edge, with 39 per cent of voters saying they preferred a Republican, to 38 per cent, a Democrat
Independents had moved away from Democrats by 7 points over the past week, pollsters noted

superbeets · Nov 9, 2017

Democrats – including de facto party leaders Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden – cheered the string of ballot box victories they received on Tuesday, as governorships and legislatures moved back in their direction.

But a new Morning Consult/Politico poll, taken in the handful of days before Tuesday's elections, shows waning support for the party when Congressional races are involved.

The poll found that the generic ballot actually favored the Republicans for the first time since April, with 39 per cent of registered voters saying they'd vote for a generic GOP candidate, versus the 38 per cent who selected the Democrat.

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While Democrats celebrated wins at the ballot box this week, a new poll shows a generic Congressional Democrat losing support. Here, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (left) speaks as House Speaker Paul Ryan (right) tunes in

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A Congressional Republican now gets 39 per cent support, compared to the 38 per cent support a Democrat receives. Here, (from left) Republicans Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell attend a ceremony alongside Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Elizabeth Warren

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Democrats are the minority party in both the House and Senate, though are hoping the 2018 midterm election changes their fortunes

The figures are within the survey's 2 point plus-or-minus margin of error, though pollsters noted that independents had moved away from Democrats by 7 points over a week's time.

In fact, since Morning Consult started tracking a generic ballot in March, this is the first time Democrats slipped below 40 per cent.

In late October, 34 per cent of independents were favoring the Democrats, versus the 27 per cent of independents who were into the Democrats when respondents were surveyed between November 2 through 6.

The next day, November 7, was election day.

Democrats retained the governor's mansion in Virginia, electing Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, in what was the must-watch contest of the night.

They also took back New Jersey's governor's mansion and made surprising gains in Virginia's House of Delegates, flipping at least 14 seats.
Democrats could see a boost after this string of electoral victories.

So far, they've never gotten more support than 44 per cent of registered voters surveyed.

superbeets · Nov 9, 2017

Republicans have also gotten as high as 44 per cent support from voters, they've dipped as low as 35 per cent on May 12.

The low water mark occurred a week after the House GOP passed an unpopular Obamacare repeal bill.

When other polls are averaged in, the Democrats have a much comfier margin.

The Real Clear Politics polling average currently has Democrats 9.7 points head, so does FiveThirtyEight.com's tabulation.

While Democrats only need to flip three Senate seats to get a 51-vote majority, they're defending 23 next year, along with the two seats belonging to independent Sens. Angus King and Bernie Sanders, who caucus with the Democrats.

In House races, Democrats have found themselves badly gerrymandered, making it a difficult feat to win back the lower chamber, which they lost in 2010.

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superbeets · Nov 9, 2017

They have gone over the edge. They no longer support this country, its citizens, its borders and its culture. People have taken notice. They are going to have to come up with some campaign ideas other than hate, division, disparity, discord and identity politics. People are sick and eff ing tired of their insane, desperate rantings and the attempts to agitate and inspire hate. It has officially failed. People want to love one another. Liberals will never understand this.