Republicans take a four-point lead with just 11 days until the midterm election: The GOP gains momentum as voters target inflation and Democrats scramble to avoid a red tsunami
- A new poll shows Republicans have retreated ahead of Democrats in a general election poll as voters grow concerned about the economy
- The 4.5 percent lead comes just 11 days before the 2022 midterm elections
- The Suffolk University/USA Today poll shows that the economy and inflation are far higher on voters’ radars than any other issue
- 36.7% think of the economy as the top topic when voting
Republicans have rallied in the polls as Democrats continue to lash out at inflation and the economy — and the GOP’s generic vote is up 4 points with less than two weeks to Election Day.
It’s time for the 2022 midterm elections and Democrats are scrambling to avoid a red tsunami by deploying President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama across the country.
A new Suffolk University/USA Today poll shows nearly half — 49.4 percent — of voters would vote for a Republican candidate if the election were held today. That compares to 44.9 percent, or 4.5 percent less, earned by Democrats in the same poll.
The lead is outside the poll error margin of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
Previous polls showed that Republicans fell behind Democrats as the left clung to the unpopularity of the conservative-majority Supreme Court, which won Roe v. Wade fell and remanded the abortion law issue back to the states.
A new poll shows Republicans have fallen ahead of Democrats in a general election poll as voters grow increasingly concerned about the economy — and less concerned about abortion rights with just 11 days until the 2022 midterm elections
Early voting has begun across the country. Pictured: A volunteer helps a voter fill out a poll after casting her early vote October 27, 29022 at the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Station in Maryland
In polls in the days leading up to the June verdict, Democrats and Republicans were almost even in a general election.
At the end of July, Democrats held a 4-point lead over Republicans by 44-40 percent, which has now reversed in the countdown to Election Day on November 8, 2022.
Other polls also show Republicans winning the general vote.
The October Siena College/New York Times poll showed Republicans have a 4-point advantage among likely voters after the GOP trailed Democrats 1 point in the September poll.
The latest Suffolk University/USA Today poll shows that a majority of voters – 36.7 percent – rank inflation and the economy as the only top issues that will influence their vote next month.
Abortion came in second with 18.3 percent of voters claiming it would influence their actions at the ballot box, and the simple thought of which party respondents would rather control Congress came in third with 14.5 percent .
The Suffolk University/USA Today poll shows that the economy and inflation are far higher on voters’ radars than any other issue. Voters have turned back to the economy, with gas prices and inflation remaining high and the country slipping into recession
Inflation remains at nearly four-decade highs – and the September inflation report came in worse than expected at 8.2%
Fourth through eighth are gun control at 7.2 percent, climate change at 6.8 percent, immigration at 6.4 percent, crime at 6 percent and ties at 4.1 percent.
Voters are expressing growing concerns about the economy after the latest inflation report came in worse than expected, gas prices remained averaging $3.75 a gallon nationwide and the US slipped into recession.
Poll after poll shows voters overall trust Republicans more than Congressional Democrats to get a handle on the economy, including inflation and gas prices.
When the two most important issues — inflation and abortion — were juxtaposed in a poll by pollsters, 56 percent of respondents said inflation was more important to them than abortion, compared with 40 percent who said abortion was a higher priority.
Four percent said they couldn’t decide between the two.
The poll was conducted Oct. 19-24 among 1,000 people who said they would vote in the 2022 midterm elections.
Real gross domestic product, a measure of the country’s overall economic output, rose 2.6% in the third quarter after two consecutive quarterly declines – a good sign that a recession is being avoided