Dems Open Big Lead on Eve of Midterms

[louis c]

Source: Investors' Daily

With voter interest in the midterm elections at historic heights, Democrats opened up a 9-point lead over Republicans on the question of who should control Congress after the midterm elections, while President Donald Trump's approval rating remained unchanged at 40%, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.

The poll found that 50% of likely voters say they'd prefer a Congress controlled by Democrats, with 41% saying they want Republicans to keep control, for a net Democratic lead in this "generic ballot" question of 9 points, which is up from 2 points last month (Dems 45%, GOP 43%).

The two top issues for voters in the midterm elections are the economy and health care, which benefit each party. The poll also found that Trump still hasn't closed the deal with the public on his trade policies.


Read more: https://www.investors.com/politics/midterm-elections-democrats-generic-ballot-trump-approval-bid-tipp/

[catbyte]

1. Who ARE these 40% & 41% who think Il Douche is taking the country in the right direction & that

Republicans should keep control of Congress?!? Jesus Fucking Christ.

[Onward AND Upward]

11. Exactly. +1000. Is 41% of our country Bat. Shit. Cray-Cray??? nt

[PandoraAwakened]

12. Um, yes.

[msongs]

2. as uncle joe says it depends on who counts the votes nt

[Power 2 the People]

5. Yep.

[Power 2 the People]

3. The idiots who believe the stock market is the economy.

Gullible fools and the extremely wealthy.

[NCjack]

4. It looks like a junk poll to me meant to get DEMs to stay home and

not bother to vote.

The raw poll is skewed. So, even if the ID poll got the voter class for each responder, it can not correct itself to forecast the vote results -- because no one knows the various voting classes for this election.

I hope no DEM stays home on Tuesday, thinking we have it in the bag. We really do not know what will happen.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Suppposedly IBD/TIPP is rated A-

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

(have to click the "Show more pollsters" at the bottom of the initial list to see the rest)

[louis c]

8. I don't know about you, but the poll is encouraging to me

I don't know a fucking person who stays home because the polls show your side has a slight lead.

What overconfidence allows people to do is vote for some asshole like Jill Stein because Hillary doesn't need their vote.

But nobody is going to stay home.

[PandoraAwakened]

13. I'm feeling unlikely Dems staying home

Besides, as long as broadcast MSM keeps tripping over itself in a ratings grab to make everything out as a horse race, that alone scares potentially non-participating Dems enough to get them to the polls.

Also, will anyone ever again actually believe anything a single poll says?

[Fullduplexxx]

6. Not midterms congressional elections

[Demovictory9]

9. k&r

[johnnyrocket]

10. 9 points isn't enough. Needs to be a blowout of historic levels.

Lets do this!

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. If true, it looks like the "Kavanaugh Bump" receded pretty quickly. n/t