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At the time of the 2010 elections, Obama's job rating was underwater, according to Gallup, with 45 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving. ↵↵Trump's current standing is undeniably worse.
Back in early March, Trump's job rating was even (48 percent approve vs. 47 percent disapprove), according to Nate Silver's national average.
↵↵Only 41 percent of Virginia voters said Jones' texts were disqualifying, according to the exit polls, and Republican incumbent Jason Miyares received 47 percent of the vote.
of abortion, the “enthusiasm gap” that made headlines earlier this year — an NBC News poll in January found that Republicans who were very interested in the midterms exceeded Democrats 61 percent to 47
It gave Democrats an 8-point edge way back in September and even a 5-point advantage (47 percent to 42 percent) more recently in May.
An East Carolina University poll released Monday and taken May 19 and 20 found Budd leading Beasley 47 percent to 39 percent among registered voters, with another 12 percent undecided.
In total, Democratic candidates outpaced GOP candidates, 50 percent to 47 percent.
Kind won reelection in 2020, 51 percent to 49 percent, over Republican retired Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden, while Trump was winning at the top of the ballot 52 percent to 47 percent.
She was confirmed 61-36 by the full Senate, with 14 Republicans joining all 47 Democratic caucus members voting “aye.”
The new 2nd has a narrow Republican bent, considering Trump would have carried it 51 percent to 47 percent in 2020 while Hubbell would have won it by a narrower 48.8 percent to 48.6 percent in 2018
While Republicans in 2020 captured House seats around the country that Biden won narrowly, DeFazio won by 6 points in a district Biden carried over Trump by 4 points, 51 percent to 47 percent.
Republicans have a narrow 48 percent to 47 percent Baseline advantage.
ANALYSIS — Democrats lost 47 House seats in the 1966 midterm elections, and that result still “haunts” them, wrote Washington Post columnist Charles Lane recently. But should it?
In February, the NRCC listed 47 Democrats on its list of initial targets of the 2022 cycle, partly in anticipation that the GOP would “win redistricting” with Republican-led legislatures drawing the majority
Debbie Stabenow’s 47 percent, and in the governor’s race, Bill Schuette narrowly edged Democratic winner Gretchen Whitmer, 49 percent to 48 percent.
The median wait time was 46 months in fiscal 2017, 47 months in fiscal 2018 and 46 months in 2019.
That’s when Republican radio talk show host Jason Lewis — who is now running for Senate — kept the open 2nd District seat in GOP hands by defeating Craig 47 percent to 45 percent, while liberal third-party
McCready won those precincts with 58 percent of the vote in 2018; this year, he got only 47 percent. “T