For a party predicting a red-state collapse and a midterm “blue wave,” reality just threw a bucket of cold water on the narrative. A new Harvard/Harris poll [1] shows the congressional race is a flat-out 50/50 tie. Not “leaning left.” Not “momentum building.” Dead even. And among independents, it’s also close with 52% saying they’d vote Democrat and 48% Republican.
Despite months of media buzz about Republicans being on the ropes, voters aren’t buying it. The country isn’t exactly cheering for the Republicans, but it’s not stampeding toward Democrats either.
Just 37% say the country is on the right track – hardly a glowing endorsement of the current direction but it doesn’t look like voters want to hand over the keys to a party that, as Bill O’Reilly talks about in a recent posting: doesn’t want to confront Iran, favors Hamas over Israel, wants higher taxes and a seizure of private property, wants more government spending and entitlements, supports amnesty for illegal aliens, wants to defund ICE and border enforcement, objects to military action against drug smugglers, and supports homeless people living in public spaces.
Oh, and don’t forget… they support the trans community and genital mutilation of kids… they don’t want any election integrity and voter ID…and they protect illegal alien criminals.
The truth is that the midterms shouldn’t even be close. Democrats, as crazy and evil as they are, should only get about 10% of the country to vote for them. If that.
While everyday Americans are sweating grocery bills and looking for policies that actually make life easier and offer more opportunity, Democrats are out there pitching ideas that – let’s just say – play great in their activist echo chambers but not so much at the kitchen table.
Even with Trump’s approval sitting at 42%, Democrats still can’t pull ahead. That’s because they have no winning formula. Maybe they should come up with a REAL strategy for the midterms other than hating Trump. But they probably won’t.
Bottom line: the midterms aren’t shaping up to be a runaway anything. While voters are unhappy with the country’s direction, they don’t appear to be embracing crazy.