A new Marist poll shows the Democratic lead down to six points, and it’s not the only series showing improvements either.
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that when voters were asked which party’s candidate they’d more likely vote for in their district, 46 percent of registered voters said Democrats, while 40 percent went with Republicans. Nine percent are undecided.
That shows a sizable decline from December polling, which found Democrats leading by 13 points on generic ballot polling.
Thursday’s poll found more welcome news for Republicans among registered voters who identify as Independents.
Among those voters, Republicans led by 2 points, with 38 percent of those voters saying they’d vote for the GOP candidate, while 36 percent said the Democratic candidate. In December, polling found that Democrats were leading among Independent voters by 11 points.
Bear in mind, too, that Democrats’ actual performance in Congressional cycles underperforms this metric. Republicans would certainly prefer to lead, but even trailing by a few points usually puts them in position to hold their serve. Six points would still signal a tough fight, but perhaps not enough momentum for Democrats to take back seats in districts where they’ve lost touch with voters.
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Just like Americans are warming up to the tax cuts that they haven't even seen in their paychecks on a monthly basis yet, Americans will take a cold shower before they put the economy back into the hands of Democrats.
Link: https://hotair.com/archives/2018/01/18/blue-wave-stall-marist-shows-dems-lead-plunging-generic-congressional-ballot/