ABC News: Economic discontent, criticisms of Biden lift GOP to record early advantage: POLL
Both parties, however, are seen as out of touch by majorities of Americans.
Republican congressional candidates currently hold their largest lead in midterm election vote preferences in ABC News/Washington Post polls dating back 40 years, underscoring profound challenges for Democrats hoping to retain their slim majorities in Congress next year.
While a year is a lifetime in politics, the Democratic Party’s difficulties are deep; they include soaring economic discontent, a president who’s fallen 12 percentage points underwater in job approval and a broad sense that the party is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans -- 62% say so.
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Update #1: Biden’s approval rating hits new low: poll (NYPost)
Update #2: Biden Approval Slumps to New Low as Republicans Gain Clear Advantage for Midterms (Slate)
WNU Editor: The methodology that was used for this poll is here (link here).
The poll is even worse than what is being reported. In their sample size they still favour Democrats (by one per cent), but they are using a larger sample of Independents. There is also the history of Republicans being reluctant in answering pollsters, a fact that this poll does not take into consideration.
Bottom line.
The midterm elections are a year away, and that is a lifetime in politics. But if this trend is not reversed by then, we will be witnessing a historical collapse of Democrat Party support across the board with only the cities being spared from such an electoral rout.
Update: Rasmussen's President Tracking poll still shows President Biden polling lower numbers than President Trump (link here).