Opinion · 118th Congress
In elections, a win is a win. And Republicans won
As a result, independents split their vote between both parties, and Republicans lost them by 2 points (47 percent to 49 percent).
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Opinion · 118th Congress
The ‘spoiler caucus’ is creating chaos
However, they lost independents by 2 points (47 percent to 49 percent). This resulted in Republicans winning 222 seats, less than expected.
Opinion · 117th Congress
It was all about the independents, again
What makes 2022 different is the fact that nationally, independents broke with past election behavior by voting for the party holding the White House by a slim margin of 49 percent to 47 percent,
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Change that subject’: Biden’s economic pivot lasted 48 hours as midterms turn spooky for Democrats
With so many involved in toss-up races, it is now more than reasonable to see a potential GOP majority margin of as high as 53-47.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Too close to call? When is a dead heat really a dead heat?
On the other hand, when an incumbent leads 49 percent to 47 percent, the challenger needs to win nearly all undecided voters or flip voters who have already made up their minds to vote to reelect
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘What happened to your country?’: The poisoned well of the Trump era
Both figures are up sharply since 2016, when 47 percent of Republicans called Democrats “immoral,” and 35 percent of Democrats used that word for GOP members. “Dishonest.”
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden talks inflation: Another swing and a miss
Voters also did not believe that the president and Democrats will lower costs for working families and invest in strengthening the supply chain (40 percent believed, while 47 percent did not).
Opinion · 117th Congress
Will Biden’s 2022 midterms be worse than Obama’s in 2010?
the election year, voters’ confidence in Obama’s handling of the economy, the No. 1 issue, was heading south as voters said they had more confidence in Republicans to handle the economy by 5 points (47
Opinion · 117th Congress
As Biden repeats Obama’s mistakes, get ready for 2010 redux
Overall, his job rating in our Nov. 22-24 Winning the Issues survey was 42 percent approve to 47 percent disapprove.
Opinion · 117th Congress
With Democrats in the doldrums, just how much is Biden to blame?
Since the end of June, Biden has seen his approval rating for handling COVID-19 sharply decline from 62 percent to 47 percent in the Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Kamala Harris is right: Virginia result will resonate in 2022, 2024 and beyond
whom they had more confidence to handle that issue, Youngkin easily won four of the five top issues over McAuliffe by solid margins: economy/jobs (55 percent to 44 percent); education (53 percent to 47
Opinion · 117th Congress
Time for Biden to get out of the Build Back Better bubble
An Oct. 6-8 CBS News/YouGov survey of U.S. adults found Biden at 47 percent to 53 percent on infrastructure; 37 percent to 63 percent on Afghanistan; and 47 percent to 53 percent on climate change
Opinion · 117th Congress
GOP has to make 2022 about policy, not personality
Given the huge Democratic edge in party registration — 47 percent Democrat, 24 percent Republican and 29 percent independent — any California Republican looking to win statewide has to not only do well
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s dug a hole for himself, but he keeps digging
Biden has gone from 55 percent to 35 percent approve/disapprove seven months ago to 45 percent to 47 percent today.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Election Day 2022 will be Independents’ Day
Our July 6-8 Winning the Issues survey saw Biden’s job approval underwater, with 40 percent of independents approving the job he is doing and 47 percent disapproving.
Opinion · 117th Congress
As Democrats go hard left, Hispanics head to the center
A poll done last fall found that while liberal Democrats, who currently define their party, supported socialism over capitalism, 44 percent to 36 percent, Hispanics disagreed, supporting capitalism 47
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Manchin is a bona fide centrist. Deal with it
In a May 22-25 Fox News Poll, 47 percent of voters said the Biden administration was proposing too much of an increase in government spending, while only 33 percent said it was the right amount.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Americans are hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Washington must do more
A March 10-13 CBS News poll revealed that only 47 percent of Republicans had already received the vaccine or planned to do so, compared with 71 percent of Democrats.
Opinion · 117th Congress
For Joe Biden, unity is for Democrats only
Independents leaned toward the view that schools can reopen (37 percent to 47 percent).
Opinion · 116th Congress
Biden at bat: ‘There is no joy in Mudville’
Among the remaining 3 out of 4 voters who said a candidate’s policy positions on issues were more important, Trump won 53 percent to 47 percent, which explains, in part, why Biden was unable to translate