With only 20 days until the midterm elections, candidates are taking to the debate stage to make their final attempt to gain support from voters. The latest from our midterms live blog:
Republicans are gaining an advantage with voters as midterm elections near, a recent poll finds.found 49 percent of likely voters said they planned to vote for a Republican in Congressional races on Nov.
8, compared with 45 percent who planned to vote for a Democrat. Republican candidates also have taken a 10-percentage point lead among independent voters, shifting favor from Democrats. This shift was led by independent women. In September, they favored Democrats by 14 point. A month later, Republicans now hold an 18-point lead with independent women. The economy and inflation are the key issues for voters, outweighing abortion rights and gun control, the polls found. These issues largely favor Republican candidates. When asked what they think the most important problem facing the county is today, 29 percent of voters said the economy and 19 percent said inflation or the cost of living. Only four percent said abortion, five percent said immigration, three percent said crime and 2 percent said gun policies. Voters who are focused on the economy and inflation favor Republicans over Democrats 64 percent to 30 percent. Those voters concerned with other issues favor Democrats by 20-percentage points.The poll found more than half of registered voters said they are not comfortable voting for a candidate who believes the 2020 election was stolen. However, more than a third of independent voters and a small portion of Democrats said they were open to voting for an election denier, indicating the economy was more important than the threat to democracy or election integrity. Overall, 71 percent of all voters said democracy was at risk. But only seven percent said it was the most important problem facing the country. Based on a New York Times/Siena College poll of 792 registered voters nationwide from Oct. 9 to 12, 2022. Party identification is self-identified and does not include voters who lean toward one party; independents include only self-identified independents.
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