Daily Verse | 2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.
Tuesday’s Reading: Ezra 1-3
Tuesday and the beat goes on. At least it does until it doesn’t.
If current polling has anything to say about November, the Democrats are in for a thrashing. They may think they’ve generated enough outrage with this SCOTUS leak to stave off the whipping that’s coming, but a new CNN poll conducted after the draft decision was made public leaves the Democrats with little hope.
The recent leak of a draft US Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade seemed to give Democrats a winning issue to rally base and swing voters in the midterm elections. After all, most Americans support the landmark 1973 high court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Our new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, however, shows that such hopes are likely unfounded. Republicans look like they remain in the driver’s seat for November because voters don’t trust Democrats on the all-important issue of the economy.
The May 3-5 CNN survey, conducted after the draft opinion became public, shows Republicans with a 49% to 42% advantage on the generic congressional ballot. If that 7-point lead held through the election, it would be as large a win for the GOP in the national House vote as it was in 2010 — when Republicans regained the House majority and ended up with 242 seats out of 435.
It’s the economy, stupid.
The vast majority of Americans aren’t facing an “unplanned” pregnancy. They’re facing food shortages, $4.56/gal. gas, and the anxiety of inflation. They might support Roe v. Wade, or they might not, but overturning a wrongly decided court decision from 50 years ago is not an election-year issue for them.
Nearly nine in ten U.S. likely voters say they’re concerned about rising inflation, and more than four in five say inflation will be an important issue in November’s Congressional elections, a new survey by Rasmussen Reports reveals.
The survey also found that the majority (60%) of voters say the Biden Administration’s policies have increased inflation – more than five times the 11% who claim the administration’s policies have decreased inflation. Another 25% say the policies haven’t made much of a difference, one way or the other.
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Half (50%) of all likely voters rate Biden’s handling of economic issues as “poor.” Another 15% rate it as “fair,” while 18% call it “good.” About one in seven (14%) believe Biden’s economic policies have been “excellent.”
That “one in seven” who think Brandon’s policies are “excellent” is Hunter Biden.
Back to the CNN poll, the people who want to overturn Roe are the most enthusiastic about voting in the midterms.
If the congressional election were held today, 42% of respondents said they would vote for the Democrat nominee, with 49% favoring the Republican — a loss of two points for the Democrats and a gain of 4% for Republicans from the week prior. Reports of the demise of the Republican Party if Roe is overturned appear to be greatly exaggerated.
As Bolyard points out, abortion doesn’t even register on the list of things voters consider most important in this recent Gallup poll.
As I like to say — don’t get cocky. Nothing is certain these days, what with overflowing toilets in Atlanta causing flooding in six different states in 2020.
Be that as it may, whoever thought breaking with historical precedent and current law to try influencing the outcome of the court’s deliberation badly miscalculated. Instead of ginning just up hatred and rage, the act clearly underscored the dirty political tactics that the Left uses to get its way. The American public must be seeing the Democrat party and its allies for the seething hyper-partisan anti-Americans they are.
As I’ve said before, I’ll say it again: I’d rather be an American than a Democrat.