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Aug. 22, 2022: A shifting center of attention reshapes 2022
Aug. 22, 2022: A shifting center of attention reshapes 2022
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Aug 22, 2022
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It’s been a long time (months? years?) since we’ve seen national
Democrats in such a good mood about their electoral chances. Over the
last few weeks — amid a spate of legislative movement, falling gas
prices, stumbling Republican Senate candidates and the sense of a
growing backlash to efforts to restrict abortion — the fight for control
of Congress seems to have tightened. Gone are the days when pundits
confidently predicted a red tsunami.
The latest NBC News poll — which still shows Republicans with a lead in
the generic congressional ballot — had two data points that stuck out to
us:
1. Democrats have almost eliminated the enthusiasm gap with Republicans.
“According to the survey, 68% of Republicans express a high level of
interest in the upcoming election … versus 66% for Democrats,” notes
Mark Murray. “That 2-point GOP advantage is down from 17 points in March
and 8 points in May.”
2. Voters ranked “threats to democracy” as a more important issue than
cost of living.
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Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Democrats in such a good mood about their electoral chances. Over the
last few weeks — amid a spate of legislative movement, falling gas
prices, stumbling Republican Senate candidates and the sense of a
growing backlash to efforts to restrict abortion — the fight for control
of Congress seems to have tightened. Gone are the days when pundits
confidently predicted a red tsunami.
The latest NBC News poll — which still shows Republicans with a lead in
the generic congressional ballot — had two data points that stuck out to
us:
1. Democrats have almost eliminated the enthusiasm gap with Republicans.
“According to the survey, 68% of Republicans express a high level of
interest in the upcoming election … versus 66% for Democrats,” notes
Mark Murray. “That 2-point GOP advantage is down from 17 points in March
and 8 points in May.”
2. Voters ranked “threats to democracy” as a more important issue than
cost of living.
Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter
Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Released:
Aug 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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