CNN Poll: Voters favor Democrats by an 8-point margin heading into the midterms
The poll shows Democrats with a 20-point edge among highly motivated voters as frustration with Washington drives demand for change.
- With less than 100 days before the midterms, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds Democrats lead Republicans by 8 points among registered voters, amid widespread voter agitation for wholesale change in Congress.
- By a 10-point margin, Americans now call Democrats "the party of change," a reversal from last spring when the GOP held a 7-point advantage on that metric.
- Economic concerns drive voter frustration: 63% of Americans say the GOP focuses too little on cost-of-living issues, compared with 52% who say the same about the Democratic Party.
- Support for President Donald Trump's influence among Republicans has eroded to 56%, down from 67% earlier this year, while nearly 6 in 10 Democratic-aligned adults seek major party reforms.
- Voters favoring change prefer younger candidates and new leadership over ideological shifts, as frustration with current congressional leadership drives support for unseating most incumbents this fall.
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Democrats top Republicans by 8 points ahead of midterms: Poll
Democrats are leading Republicans by 8 points with the midterms just a little more than three months away, according to a new poll released Thursday. In the CNN survey, 47 percent of respondents said they would cast their ballot for a Democratic candidate if congressional elections happened that day, with 39 percent saying the same...
By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Less than 100 days after the mid-term elections, voters call for a profound change in Congress and see the Democratic Party as the option to achieve it.Democrats outperform Republicans by 8 points in their intention to vote generically among voters The post CNN Poll: Democrats outrank Republicans by 8 points in the face of the mid-term elections appeared first on KVIA.
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