Republicans appear to have closed the
gap with Democrats in the all-important “generic ballot” — a clear sign
that the GOP is surging politically in the run-up to the November 2018
midterms.
Democrats
continue to insist that a “Blue Wave” will sweep their party back into
control of the House of Representatives and may even allow them to
recapture the Senate as well.
But the generic ballot —
the best single measure of the relative balance of support of the two
parties with the electorate — strongly suggests otherwise.
In the last week alone, three major pollsters
have found that the gap between the two parties is statistically negligible. YouGov found a Democratic advantage of just 2 points. Reuters found a margin of 3 points.
And IBB/TIPP, considered by many to be the single most reliable pollster in the country, reported that the race is a dead heat.
These findings, which contrast sharply with the large double-digit lead
Democrats enjoyed last December, and again in early July, put the lie
to their party’s claims of growing Trump and GOP weakness.
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