For Democrats, the hits keep coming.
Voters proceed to overwhelmingly prefer Republicans to handle lots of the top issues facing the country, including inflation, the economy and crime, based on a poll released Sunday — just 16 days before the midterm election.
Americans combating sky-high gas prices and grocery bills prefer Republicans over Democrats (36% to 21%) to take care of inflation, which has reached 40-year highs, the ABC News/Ipsos poll found.
On the economy, 36% of voters select Republicans to do a greater job, in comparison with the 24% who trust Democrats — but 31% say they don’t think about either party.
In terms of crime — which has grow to be a rallying issue for GOP candidates across the country — Americans give Republicans the nod over Democrats (35% to 22%).
The ABC News survey is the newest poll that finds Republicans are surging in the ultimate weeks before the Nov. 8 elections that can resolve the balance of power in Congress — propelled by Americans’ distress over the economy, the toll of inflation and escalating crime rates across the country.
In a Morning Seek the advice of/Politico poll released last Wednesday, a whopping 93% of voters said they were “concerned” with inflation.
The polls also reveal that Republicans, benefitting by their concentrate on these issues, have solidified gains prior to now few months and at the moment are favored over Democrats within the midterms.
But Democrats — although hindered by President Biden’s anemic job approval rankings which have been hovering within the 40s and gas prices which are on the uptick again — do find support from voters on their handling of abortion (46% to 26%), climate change (40% to 16%), gun violence (38% to 24%), and the coronavirus (30% to twenty%).
Democrats sought to make abortion a top issue within the midterm elections after the Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, but its importance amongst voters appeared to stall in August as inflation and the economy gained steam.
The parties are nearly evenly split on the query of immigration, with Republicans edging out Democrats 35% to 32%, and on taxes, with 30% saying Republicans would do a greater job versus 28% for Democrats, based on the ABC poll.
Asked whether their vote within the midterms will hinge on their views of former President Donald Trump or Biden, 48% say it won’t be about either of them, while 30% say the president and 19% say Trump.
The poll surveyed 686 people between Oct. 21-22.
It has a plus/minus 4 percentage points margin of error.