60% of voters say US is on the wrong track: poll
Six in 10 American voters say the country is heading in the wrong direction before this year’s midterm elections, an increase from three months ago, according to a new national poll.
The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll found 60% of registered voters say the country is going in the wrong direction, up from 53% in March. Just 28% say things are going in the right direction, down from 36% in March. Eleven percent were not sure.
Among true independents, those who decline to lean toward either major party, nearly seven in 10 say the country is on the wrong track.
The generic congressional ballot has shifted from a one-point Democratic advantage in March to a six-point Democratic advantage in June. A Democratic House majority would control the chamber’s floor agenda, all committee and subcommittee chairmanships and the origination of revenue legislation, giving Democrats influence over trillions of dollars in federal spending.
Alan Abramowitz, a political scientist at Emory University in Atlanta who specializes in elections and voting behavior, said the generic ballot margin is significant.
“Where you have Democrats leading by six, seven, eight points on the generic ballot, the House of Representatives is almost certainly going to flip,” he told The Center Square. “Democrats only need to pick up three seats.”
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