Earlier this week, when the ABC News/Washington Post poll came out giving Republicans a 10 point lead in the generic congressional ballot question, some wondered whether it was an outlier. Well, as of today, Quinnipiac confirmed that Democrats are cratering with voters of all stripes looking ahead to the midterms next year. Furthermore, President Biden’s approval number continues to fall, now hitting a new record low of 36% with voters.
That number alone should give Democrats shockwaves as to how poorly this administration is viewed by the American people right now. Their partisan games, mandates, and trillions in spending won’t turn that around any time soon. Not to mention new revelations that Biden’s Justice Department began actively targeting parents in early October with a “threat tag” assessment. Democrats are parents too, you know.
The inflation problem that the Biden White house has scoffed at and ignored up until just about yesterday is biting them hard, and the numbers show a dismal outlook for Democrats in 2022:
With Election Day in the rearview mirror and both political parties setting their sights on the 2022 midterm elections, a plurality of Americans say that if the election were held today, they would want to see the Republican Party win control of both the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll of adults released today.
Americans say 46 – 38 percent they would want to see the Republican Party win control of the House of Representatives, while 16 percent did not offer an opinion.
Americans say 46 – 40 percent they would want to see the Republican Party win control of the U.S. Senate, while 15 percent did not offer an opinion. Independents say 44 – 34 percent that they would want to see the Republican Party win control of the U.S. Senate, and 22 percent did not offer an opinion.
The word “catastrophic” doesn’t even describe these numbers for Democrats. It’s clear that GOP prospects in Congress are tied somewhat to Biden’s job approval. He’s perceived to be doing a horrible job as president, with crisis fires burning around him, which means Republicans are on tap to win big next year as a screaming rebuke.
Speaking of Biden’s approval, 36% is a new record low in a Quinnipiac national poll:
Americans give President Biden a negative 36 – 53 percent job approval rating, while 10 percent did not offer an opinion. It’s the lowest job approval rating he’s received in a Quinnipiac University national poll. In mid-October, he received a negative 37 – 52 percent job approval rating.
When Biden hit 37% approval in October, it didn’t seem like he could go much lower. Wrong, he dropped another point as more independents and Democrats slowly peel away. Well, for independents, it’s been a fairly quick rejection of Biden policies. Democratic voters are slowly coming to realize how poorly they chose last year and what it means now for their wallets.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that House Democrats have so far lost 15 members to retirement head of a brutal year.
Writing in the New York Times, Thomas Edsall said it’s not time yet for Democrats to panic. Instead, Edsall writes, they should be in “shock” at how poorly they’re viewed by voters:
The rise of inflation, supply chain shortages, a surge in illegal border crossings, the persistence of Covid, mayhem in Afghanistan and the uproar over “critical race theory” — all of these developments, individually and collectively, have taken their toll on President Biden and Democratic candidates, so much so that Democrats are now the underdogs going into 2022 and possibly 2024.
Edsall goes on to quote numerous respected pollsters examining the data that all share a similar conclusion about how bad the environment will be for Democrats over the next several years. Biden’s handling of the economy and practically every other issue, Edsall says, may have ruined the chances for any Democratic nominee in 2024, and likely will cost Democrats control of the House and Senate next year at the very minimum.
This is all regardless of passing infrastructure bills or some left-wing agenda like the multi-trillion dollar “Build Back Better” framework in Congress. Voters don’t want it, and it will continue to drive up inflation, something voters definitely don’t want.
The first rule to stop a sinking ship is to plug the leak. So far Democrats have no clue how to do that or they’re too obstinate in their view that if they can just pass their agenda, the American people will love it, and their prospects will turn around. That’s all a pipe dream as none of Biden’s agenda will do anything positive for the cost of gas and groceries, rather quite the opposite.
