Republicans Hold Largest Lead Over Dems in Midterm Poll Dating Back 40 Years

A 2022 generic congressional ballot is revealing numbers that have not been seen in a poll’s forty-year history.

In the midterm election vote, Republicans are holding a lead. According to a poll by ABC News and The Washington Post, 51% of registered voters said they would vote for a Republican if the midterm elections “were today.” In comparison, 41% said they would support a Democrat candidate in their congressional district.

The question in the poll has been asked since November 1981, and this is the biggest lead for Republicans in it.

“Indeed, it’s only the second time the GOP has held a statistically significant advantage (the other was +7 points in January 2002) and the ninth time it’s held any numerical edge at all,” ABC News reports.

The poll was conducted Nov. 7-10, among 1,001 adults, including 882 registered voters.

As ABC News also writes, “While a year is a lifetime in politics, the Democratic Party’s difficulties are deep; they include soaring economic discontent, a president who’s fallen 12 percentage points underwater in job approval and a broad sense that the party is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans — 62% say so.”

The poll also showed President Joe Biden’s job approval at a “new low