A Gallup poll suggests why the Democratic Party is „especially vulnerable“ to losing the House and Senate on November 8.
The Republican Party is in good shape to retake control of the House and Senate in next week’s midterm elections as President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party struggle to win over voters in key areas, according to a poll.
The Gallup survey, published Tuesday, shows that Biden’s below-water approval ratings, disapproval of the Democratic-controlled Congress, concerns about the economy and a significant dissatisfaction with how „things are going“ in the U.S. point toward major congressional victories for the GOP on November 8.
While historically the party in the White House suffers seat losses in the presidency’s first midterm elections, Gallup pollsters said the Democrats are „especially vulnerable“ this November because the national mood is „as bad, if not worse,“ than it has been in any recent midterms year.
Ahead of next week’s elections, Biden’s approval rating is at 40 percent, the second lowest figure for a president ahead of the midterms in nearly 50 years.
Only George W. Bush (38 percent) had a lower approval rating ahead of the Republican’s second midterm elections, in 2006, in that time frame. Harry Truman was at 33 percent and 39 percent in 1946 and 1950, respectively.
Gallup noted that an incumbent president’s party has always lost seats in the midterms when his approval rating was below 50 percent, averaging 37 seat losses since 1946.
