November

 https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/597987-new-polling-confirms-democrats-left-leaning-policies-are-out-of-touch

 

"The Democratic Party is perceived by voters as being both ineffective and out of touch and, as a result, stands to suffer substantive seat losses in the midterm elections, new polling by Schoen Cooperman Research indicates.  

Indeed, the findings of our survey — which was conducted among likely 2022 midterm election voters — show that the electorate is increasingly pessimistic about the direction in which President Biden and Democrats are steering the country and feel that the party’s priorities do not align with their own."

 "Indeed, a majority of voters (54 percent) — including 56 percent of independents — explicitly say that they want Biden and Democrats to move closer to the center and embrace more moderate policies versus embracing more liberal policies (18 percent) or staying where they are politically (13 percent).  

Most voters (61 percent) also agree that Biden and Democrats are “out of touch with hardworking Americans” and “have been so focused on catering to the far-left wing of the party that they’re ignoring Americans’ day to day concerns” such as “rising prices” and “combatting violent crime.”  

Equally concerning for Democrats, there is a clear sense among the 2022 electorate that the state of the country has deteriorated since Biden became president and that he has not lived up to expectations. 

Biden’s net approval rating is 9 points underwater (54 percent disapprove, 45 percent approve), which marks a 4-point drop since our December poll (51 percent disapprove, 46 percent approve). A plurality of voters (43 percent) also say that Biden has done worse as president than they expected, rather than better (19 percent).  "

"As violent crime surges across the country — a trend that voters are nearly universally concerned about (85 percent) — by a 2-to-1 margin, voters blame Democrats over Republicans for rising crime rates (52 percent to 25 percent). Further, Republicans are trusted over Democrats to reduce crime (49 percent to 34 percent).   

Despite Biden’s more moderate rhetoric on law enforcement and policing lately, most voters still agree that Biden and Democrats are soft on crime (56 percent) and a plurality agree that Democrats in Congress support the radical defund the police movement (46 percent). '

The upcoming elections are going to be interesting.  Historically we would expect the DFL to lose their majority in the Senate, and to lose seats in the house, because that's what the data tells us will happen.  But with this poling data, as well as the previously mentioned polling data that has the DFL losing support from their reliable minority voting blocs, we can't help but wonder if 2022 might end up being a significant swing in the makeup of congress.  

What I personally find interesting is whether or not the DFL will actually admit responsibility for anything that's happened in since Biden's inauguration.    Listening to the DFL leadership, virtually everything that's gone wrong is the fault of Trump, Putin, or someone else.   Hell, Pelosi just tried to peddle the lie that massive government spending and the unchecked borrowing/printing of money has nothing to do with inflation.  Just like Biden's clear intent to put US oil companies out of business has nothing to do with the price of gas.   

No matter what happens, it'll probably be interesting/amusing. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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