Posted on 09/10/2014 8:08:59 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Republicans may be poised for strong midterm gains, according to a new poll conducted for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.
Republicans hold a two-point lead nationwide on which party registered voters want to see in control of Congress, and that lead expands to 10 points in the Senate battleground states at 50 percent to 40 percent in the poll, conducted by Democratic polling firm Hart Research and Republican pollster Public Opinion Strategies.
"With 56 days until Election Day, our poll provides greater insight into what is likely to happen, and the news is not good for the Democrats," Democratic pollster Fred Yang writes in an accompanying memo.
President Obama is a huge drag on the party — his approval rating is down to 40 percent with 54 percent disapproving, tied for the lowest number the poll has found in his presidency.
There's also been a major shift on immigration in the last few months, according to the poll, which helps explain why Republicans have been attacking Senate Democrats for supporting "amnesty" in a number of Senate races.
Public approval for giving illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship has narrowed to 53 percent to 45 percent, down from 64 percent to 35 percent support in April.
The live-caller poll of 1,000 registered voters, including 35 percent who only have a cell phone, was conducted from Sept. 3-7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent.
Straight ticket voting ended with me many moons ago. As the Republican Party moved further left leaving me behind they left my vote as well. If they nominate a corrupt, race baiting, scum bag like McConnell or their usual fair: mushy leftist moderates I will vote down the ticket but I don’t vote for leftist regardless of their party affiliation because they may claim to have a (R) or (D) or (I) in front of their names but if they vote like liberal socialist they are all beholden to the same PARTY in the end.
It makes me sick when these RINO 'pivot' right and claim to be great Conservatives until their primary or the general election is over.
Linda Graham has done that just recently too, prior to his primary.
Looked at the Governor data.... the dates are from September.
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