Voters favor Democrats over Republicans in 2018 House midterms by widest margin in years
Source: Washington Post
Voters say they prefer Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives over Republicans by the widest margin in over a decade, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll a fresh sign of trouble for the GOP majority one year before the midterm elections.
But Democrats effort to convert widespread disapproval of President Trump into victories in 2018 could be undercut by lower turnout, with Republicans expressing just as much motivation to vote in next years elections.
A slim 51 percent majority of registered voters say that if the election were held today, they would vote for or lean toward the Democratic candidate in their congressional district, while 40 percent say they would choose the Republican.
Thats the biggest spread in a Post-ABC survey since October 2006, just weeks before a midterm in which Democrats won back control of the House and Senate amid deep dissatisfaction with then-President George W. Bush and the Iraq War.
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Hulk
(6,699 posts)I am so worn out on these optimistic predictions that NEVER come to pass. Sorry...too old and tired for this game. We'll be lucky if we can turn the Senate. Turning the House is a pipe dream. Hell...I'm even somewhat pessimistic to believe this country is just dumb enough to re-elect this con artist piece of shit back into the White House...and that will be the final flush of the toilet for me.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)NBachers
(17,107 posts)SergeStorms
(19,199 posts)I'll do exactly that this Thursday (pay day). Thanks for the idea!