{"id":1371559,"date":"2022-03-11T13:55:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1371559"},"modified":"2022-03-11T13:55:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:55:58","slug":"five-alarm-fire-for-the-democratic-party-new-wsj-poll-spells-doom-for-the-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-alarm-fire-for-the-democratic-party-new-wsj-poll-spells-doom-for-the-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Five-Alarm Fire For The Democratic Party\u2019: New WSJ Poll Spells Doom For The Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-alarm-fire-for-the-democratic-party-new-wsj-poll-spells-doom-for-the-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1371559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>New polling suggests President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have lost voters\u2019 trust on important issues heading into the 2022 midterms, where the Republican Party is expected to pick up key seats.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Biden\u2019s temporary bump in national approval after defending Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty in his recent State of the Union address, 57% of voters said they disapproved of his job performance amid inflation and high gas prices, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/wsj-poll-biden-ukraine-inflation-midterms-11646975533?st=o0ljkecl2wq35gx&#038;reflink=article_copyURL_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to new Wall Street Journal polling released Friday. The poll, which surveyed 1,500 known registered voters, was conducted online and via phone between March 2 and March 7 and had 2.5% margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>Voters <a href=\"https:\/\/s.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/documents\/WSJPOLL032022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indicated<\/a> they no longer trust the Democratic Party to handle COVID-19 and public education issues to the extent as in the WSJ\u2019s previous November 2021 polling. While 41% still believe the Democratic Party is better equipped to handle the nation\u2019s COVID-19 response, only 38% of voters believe the Democrats\u2019 plan improves public education, the poll shows.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about middle-class support, handling inflation and the struggling American economy, voters gave Biden and the Democratic Party a failing grade. Over 50% of voters said the economy and inflation should immediately be the federal government\u2019s top issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More from the WSJ poll: R+5 on the generic ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c46% of voters said they would back a Republican candidate for Congress if the election were today, compared with 41% who favored a Democrat, with Republicans gaining support among Black and Hispanic voters since the last poll\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HotlineJosh\/status\/1502253143773663232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA majority of voters, 63%, said they disapprove of Mr. Biden\u2019s handling of rising costs, the president\u2019s worst rating on six policy issues surveyed in the poll,\u201d the WSJ reported. \u201cMeanwhile, 47% of voters said Republicans were better able to handle inflation, compared with 30%\u00a0who preferred Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist John Anzalone, the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/impactresearch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Impact Research,<\/a> said the results should worry Democrats going into the 2022 midterms, and that Americans are signaling that they are not buying Democrats\u2019 messaging on important issues. \u201cThe mood of the country hasn\u2019t gotten any better since the last poll. In fact, it\u2019s gotten a little worse,\u201d Anzalone warned the WSJ. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/23\/analysis-democrat-party-three-persistent-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:\u00a0ANALYSIS: Longtime Dem Operatives Conclude Party Dooms Itself In 2024 By Believing In \u2018Three Persistent Myths\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a 5-alarm fire for the Democratic party.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAyNmZ1ial\">https:\/\/t.co\/pAyNmZ1ial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6gg6Lt8ir\">pic.twitter.com\/K6gg6Lt8ir<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBevanRCP\/status\/1502288207756787713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is a five-alarm fire for the Democratic Party,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBevanRCP\/status\/1502288207756787713?s=20&#038;t=3ANuak5VTiRHQzJjzfqZyA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Tom Beaven, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real Clear Politics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The polling shows Republicans have a 5-point advantage over Democrats on which party voters would back if the candidate were running for Congress. The Democratic Party lost 9 points with Hispanic voters, who now say they would vote for a Republican over a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Republican support also rose among black voters, according to the poll. The survey found black voters still prefer a Democratic candidate, but only by 35%, a significant drop from the 56% approval rating the party held among the same voters in the last poll, the WSJ reported.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s only bright spot has been his administration\u2019s handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/08\/joe-biden-russia-ukraine-sanctions-no-fly-zone-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russia<\/a> after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, with voters giving him a 50% approval rating, the poll showed.<\/p>\n<p>However, he took a dip in approval when the survey asked how Biden managed the overall crisis in Ukraine. Voters were divided, with 47% surveyed in the WSJ poll giving Biden positive marks on his job with Ukraine and 46% disapproving of how Biden dealt with the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New polling suggests President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have lost voters\u2019 trust on important issues heading into the 2022 midterms, where the Republican Party is expected to pick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}