Democrats and the media are quite excited about the SCOTUS leak on Roe vs. Wade because they think it’s a chance to flip the script on the 2022 midterm elections, but it doesn’t look like that’s the case, according to new polling from CNN.
A poll they took after the leak suggested that the landscape of the midterms hasn’t changed. In fact, Republicans went up a little bit.
It’s still the economy, stupid.
Harry Enten of CNN reports:
GOP still favored in midterms, despite possible overturning of Roe v. WadeThe national political environment has favored Republicans since last fall. And it has only gotten worse for Democrats in the months since as inflation has skyrocketed and President Joe Biden’s approval rating has dropped.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.More to the point, it’s the widest edge for Republicans on the generic ballot in a CNN poll this entire cycle.
Stay with this video until the end. The people who want to overturn Roe are the most enthusiastic about voting in the midterms:
Amazing numbers.
Again, it’s all about the economy:
Behavior like this is also not going to help Democrats:
The November elections will come down to turnout, but history favors Republicans on this.
Featured image via Twitter video.
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