GOP Holds Big Lead Heading Into Final Months
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 7th, 2010 4:39 am by HL
GOP Holds Big Lead Heading Into Final Months
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds American voters split at 43% each on which party they say they will vote for this fall. But among those most likely to vote, Republicans hold a dramatic 49% to 40% advantage.
Key finding: Only 26% think the economy is going to get better in the next year, down markedly from 47% a year ago. In addition, 61% think the country is on the wrong track, up from 48% a year ago.
“One hope for Democrats is this: There are enough pro-Democrat, pro-Obama voters available to help the party head off disaster — if they can be persuaded to show up and vote. In the survey, those who expressed the very highest levels of interest in this year’s election preferred a Republican Congress by a margin of 53% to 35%. Among all other, less interested voters, Democrats are preferred by a 20-point margin.”
Quote of the Day
“Not too darn much.”
— Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R), in a must read interview with Mark Halperin, on what Republicans have done to deserve a good midterm election result.
