Groucho
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A new NBC / Wall Street Journal poll shows that while democratic party is hugely disliked in the South, this is not the case in the rest of the country, where Democrats lead.
First Read - First thoughts: Jet Blue Nation
"The GOP has a HUGE generic-ballot edge in the South (52%-31%), but it doesn't lead anywhere else. In the Northeast, Dems have a 55%-30% edge; in the Midwest, they lead 49%-38%; and in the West, it's 44%-43%."
However, there is plenty of bad news for Democrats too (and mostly incumbents):
"60% believe the current Congress is either below average or among the worst, an all-time high in the survey; the percentage viewing the GOP favorably (24%-46% fav/unfav) is at an all-time low; the numbers for the Democratic Party aren’t much better (33%-44%, and the "very negative" for the Dems matches an all-time high); nearly six in 10 say the country is headed in the wrong direction; and 64% think the U.S. economy hasn’t yet hit rock bottom"
So I guess the question is whether this will change anyone's minds about GOP chances in the fall. If they win in the south (where they always do anyway) and lose everywhere else, then there won't be much gains at all...
First Read - First thoughts: Jet Blue Nation
"The GOP has a HUGE generic-ballot edge in the South (52%-31%), but it doesn't lead anywhere else. In the Northeast, Dems have a 55%-30% edge; in the Midwest, they lead 49%-38%; and in the West, it's 44%-43%."
However, there is plenty of bad news for Democrats too (and mostly incumbents):
"60% believe the current Congress is either below average or among the worst, an all-time high in the survey; the percentage viewing the GOP favorably (24%-46% fav/unfav) is at an all-time low; the numbers for the Democratic Party aren’t much better (33%-44%, and the "very negative" for the Dems matches an all-time high); nearly six in 10 say the country is headed in the wrong direction; and 64% think the U.S. economy hasn’t yet hit rock bottom"
So I guess the question is whether this will change anyone's minds about GOP chances in the fall. If they win in the south (where they always do anyway) and lose everywhere else, then there won't be much gains at all...