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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Oh My: GOP Surges to 2018 Generic Ballot Lead in New Reuters Poll

As Cortney mentioned yesterday, a new CBS News poll shows yet another uptick in Americans' economic optimism, with 64 percent of voters describing the US economy has 'very' or 'somewhat' good, and even more -- 68 percent -- giving partial or "a great deal" of credit to President Trump. That same survey of likely voters also measured a variant of thegeneric Congressional ballot, confirming thestill-tightening trajectory of that election year metric:
CBS poll: 45% of likely voters prefer Democrats win this year, while 43% favor Republicans (D+2). It's not a pure generic ballot question, but it's close. Same poll shows 68% crediting Trump somewhat or a great deal for the economy, about which most Americans are optimistic.

It's a strange way to ask the question, but when you add up the options, it's a topline Democratic lead of just two points. This is exactly why the party is growing anxiousabout its slipping fortunes. My typical cautionary note about how quickly the winds can shift, as well as this analysis of the Trump-era off-year and special election results, still remain firmly in place -- but there's a reason why sharp election-watchers are beginning to grow more skeptical of the Democrats' ability to win back the House (and are increasingly confident of the GOP's likelihood of retaining the Senate). UPDATE: Oh my:

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1 comment:

lmclain said...

The sky ain't green and no one cares about a hooker who got paid to have sex.
Or got paid to shut up, and since she's a whore, she took the money and ran her mouth. What do you think whore's do??
A f'ing STAR on CNN! DOZENS of appearances!
No matter how much these liberal slimes want to tell "we, the people" how bad Trump is, Americans can see the truth.
EVERYTIME CNN or any of their symbiotic stations tell us how CRITICAL stanky daniels is to national security, another voter pulls the Trump lever.
"We, the people" want results.
Not a Saturday night news version of the National Enquirer.

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