Posted on 01/23/2022 10:17:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
NBC News has released its latest poll, showing who the most unpopular major political figure in the country is. But it also gives us a good indication of where things are headed as the November mid-term election draws closer.
Here are some of the topline results.
NBC News poll on nation's mood (among adults)
Right track: 22% Wrong track: 72%Income falling behind cost of living: 61% Staying even: 30% Going up: 7%
Polarization will only grow: 70% Country can come together: 27%
Yes, threat to democracy is real: 76% No, not real: 21%
All the politicians and political parties the NBC poll tested…
– Liz Cheney: 23% fav, 29% unfav (-6)
– Biden: 39% fav, 48% unfav (-9)
– GOP: 34% fav, 44% unfav (-10)
– Trump: 37% fav, 51% unfav (-14)
– Dem Party: 33% fav, 48% unfav (-15)
– VP Harris: 32% fav, 49% unfav (-17)— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) January 23, 2022
Starting with who took the top prize, that would be (drum roll, please) Kamala Harris. Yes, Black Hillary, as my colleague Jeff Charles likes to refer to her, has only a 29 percent favorable rating with a -17 favorable/unfavorable differential. But perhaps that comparison is unfair because I’m not sure Hillary Clinton was ever this bad at politics. Harris has truly set the bar so low that it may never be touched again in the modern era.
From her “dog ate my homework” interviews to the awkward cackle that so often makes an appearance when she gets nervous, Harris is truly the worst politician of this generation, and that’s really saying something. And Democrats have little choice but to roll with her in 2024 or they risk destroying their party from the inside. Can you imagine the charges of racism that would go forth if the Democrat establishment and donor class throw Harris under the bus?
Past that, though, I found the popularity of the individual parties to be revealing, and it’s important to look at these kinds of things in context. Historically, Democrats typically do better in head-to-head, generic polling matchups. That doesn’t mean they win every election, obviously, but it does mean that the GOP can and has taken control of Congress while technically being “down” in the polls. That’s especially true 10 months out.
On this day in the 2014 cycle, Democrats were leading by around a point. By the time Election Day rolled around, that has flipped to a GOP +2.4 advantage. Further, in 2016, Democrats led the generic ballot all the way until Election Day, yet lost all three branches of government.
The point is that the GOP being in any kind of hole isn’t actually indicative of much — given they have often prevailed anyway. But when Democrats are down, it’s red alert territory because of the dynamics at play.
In this NBC poll, which has traditionally been kind to the left, Democrat Party favorability is underwater a full five points more than the GOP. On the generic ballot, things are essentially tied. And on the right track/wrong track numbers, you see an absolute disaster unfolding for the Democrats.
Taking all of this together, I think you can reasonably ascertain that the Republican Party is in a very strong position heading into 2022. That’s not really news, as the trends have been apparent for a long time, but it is a continuation of an important theme. And every single day that passes represents a day Democrats can’t get back in order to try to turn things around. If this election isn’t already set in stone, we are approaching that point of no return.
Of course, never underestimate the ability of the Republican establishment to figure out a way to lose. Yet, the elections in Virginia should give people hope that things have, indeed, changed. All I know is that I’d much rather be a Republican right now vs. a Democrat.
Nonsense.
I agree, nonsense.
RE: Nonsense
Well, don’t stop there, tell us which one is nonsense and why.
Care to elaborate?
The poll was constructed to pit Liz Cheney against Trump in a Repub nomination fight so as to grease the skids for the Dem running for president.
Consider the source.
That doesn’t help much.
Why post this crap?
“Why post this crap?”
Agree.
I think the thought here....why bother commissioning some poll to tell you (at a price) what a hundred middle-class/working-class will tell for free?
The Biden administration has become a comedy act....does not function like a 1st world government...has allowed a logistical mess to be created to gives you empty shelves at supermarkets...and the only reason they failed in their legislative gimmicks is that a moderate Democrat from WV, and a bi-sexual Senator from AZ stood up to the gimmicks. It’s a comedy show for all intensive purposes.
November’s midterm election will reset things, probably deliver impeachment proceedings for Biden in January 2023, and demonstrate the weakest presidency of the past two centuries.
Lot of our own apparently believe the msm trash hook,line and sinker, is why. Then we wonder why we get boned in elections
Here’s my take:
The way our Justice Dept and laughable FBI are not only calling Patriots who complain “domestic terrorists,” but also as corrupt as any German Stasi organization...begs the question...
If I were asked in a survey questions about the direction of the Country, not wanting a BREAK DOWN THE DOOR INCIDENT, I would reply “everything is fine.”
I do NOT want a visit from our ROGUE Law Agencies.
Hopefully, this will change SOON.
There is zero percent chance Biden is more favorable than Trump. Zero.
If you are already cowed, already subservient, then you are part of the problem.
Grow a spine. Express exactly how you feel. You will not have a break-door incident, but if they start that crap, time to be proactive.
ChiComcast polling....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wasting time on all big media polls is nonsense.
“The poll was constructed to pit Liz Cheney against Trump in a Repub nomination fight so as to grease the skids for the Dem running for president.”
She’s not going to waste her time running in Republican Primaries. If she runs, it’s as an Independent, in an attempt to pull votes from Trump...but she’ll quickly figure out that Trump voters aren’t in any hurry to jump to her side - so she’ll have to deal with pull voters away from Skunk Cabbage instead.
Nothing like a little nBS in the morning:-)
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