Republicans hold a significant advantage over Democrats on the issue of the economy, with independent voters favoring the GOP by a 33-point margin.
That’s according to the latest Rasmussen Reports.
The online survey found that 49% of likely U.S. voters trust Republicans more to handle the economy, while 39% trust Democrats more.
Thirteen percent (13%) are undecided. These findings are nearly unchanged since May.
Eighty percent (80%) of Republicans trust their party more to handle the economy, while 77% of Democrats trust their party more.
Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 54% trust Republicans more to handle the economy, compared to 21% who trust Democrats more.
That 33-point advantage for the GOP among unaffiliated voters on economic issues is larger than the 26-point edge Republicans had in May.
Ninety percent (90%) of all likely voters believe economic issues will be important in the 2024 presidential election, including 65% who expect economic issues to be very important.
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[from CNN] This geographic shift may decide Tuesday’s elections:
“Both parties agree the Democratic emphasis on protecting legal abortion is the principal reason the party remains in such a competitive position, despite all the other GOP advantages. In the Post/Schar poll, Democrats led Republicans by nearly 20 points when Virginia voters were asked which party they trusted to handle abortion; the share of female voters who said abortion was an important issue in their choice stood at 70%, way up from just under half in polling around the 2019 legislative elections. Warnings that Republicans will restrict abortion rights dominate Democratic advertising in most of the key races. “If we win, we win because of it,” Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster working on the Virginia races, said of abortion. “And if we turn out our base, we turn out our base because of it.”
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“If populous (and mostly prosperous) suburbs prove the bridge too far for Virginia Republicans, it would extend a striking pattern from other recent contests in which abortion has played a central role. In the seven states that have held ballot initiatives related to the issue since the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision, the side favoring abortion rights has consistently dominated the largest places.”
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“The persistent public dissatisfaction with Biden’s performance on the economy, crime and other issues provides Republicans a powerful wedge to move voters in the major population centers away from Democrats. Tuesday’s major elections will test whether that discontent is sufficient to overcome the durable doubts in these places about the Trump-era GOP on issues relating to rights, personal freedoms and democracy. The results will offer the year’s last major ballot-box test of how voters are balancing those contrasting beliefs almost exactly one year before they pick the next president.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/politics/fault-lines-suburbs-elections-2023/index.html