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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Sun Dec 17, 2017, 03:44 PM Dec 2017

Democrats hold biggest lead in congressional preference since 2008

Democrats hold biggest lead in congressional preference since 2008
by MARK MURRAY DEC 17 2017, 9:00 AM ET

WASHINGTON — Fresh off their victory in Alabama’s special Senate election, Democrats now enjoy their largest advantage in congressional preference in nine years, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, signaling a dangerous political environment for Republicans entering next year’s midterm elections.

Fifty percent of registered voters say they prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress, versus 39 percent who want Republicans in charge.

The last time Democrats both held a double-digit lead and hit 50 percent on this question in the NBC/WSJ poll was September 2008, right before the party won the White House and picked up a substantial number of House and Senate seats.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/democrats-hold-biggest-lead-congressional-preference-2008-n830436

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Democrats hold biggest lead in congressional preference since 2008 (Original Post) workinclasszero Dec 2017 OP

I'm disappointed by the "since 2008" part. paulkienitz Dec 2017 #1

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2017 #5

I think this section is most important: HootieMcBoob Dec 2017 #6

It would have been more impressive if it had said "since 1908". kentuck Dec 2017 #8

Well, I guess it's technically pro-Obama and anti-Bush... n/t renegade000 Dec 2017 #12

SCREW THAT. GOTV in every election. That is how we win. nt Blue_true Dec 2017 #2

It's a start.. keep going! Cha Dec 2017 #3

Blue wave is coming Cha! workinclasszero Dec 2017 #14

Such a beautiful Cha Dec 2017 #15

BUT Old Crank Dec 2017 #4

I wish they had... Orange Free State Dec 2017 #7

Sadly we elect people and not preference dembotoz Dec 2017 #9

As explained by Rachel DownriverDem Dec 2017 #10

GO DEMOCRATS!!!!! DEMOCRATS, READY START GO!!!!! It's raining Democrats! Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #11

we need to do x1959b Dec 2017 #13

psssssh rtracey Dec 2017 #16

Doesnt matter Snoopy 7 Dec 2017 #17

paulkienitz

(1,296 posts)

1. I'm disappointed by the "since 2008" part.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 03:48 PM

Dec 2017

I would have thought that Trump was a bigger negative incentive than Obama was a positive one.

uponit7771

(90,348 posts)

5. +1

Reply to paulkienitz (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 04:31 AM

Dec 2017

HootieMcBoob

(3,823 posts)

6. I think this section is most important:

Reply to paulkienitz (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 07:28 AM

Dec 2017

In this most recent poll, Democrats hold a whopping 48-point lead in congressional preference among voters ages 18-34 (69 percent to 21 percent), a 20-point lead among female voters (54 percent to 34 percent) and a 12-point lead among independent voters (43 percent to 31 percent).

This seems most significant for not only the 2018 election but for future elections generally. I'd like to see a majority as large as Obama's first two years. A majority that's maintained. A lot of good was accomplished in those two years.

I'd LOVE to see a majority in both the house and the senate the size of FDR's when the new deal programs where started. The Republican Party needs to be exposed for the criminal enterprise it is in order to accomplish anything close to that though.

kentuck

(111,107 posts)

8. It would have been more impressive if it had said "since 1908".

Reply to paulkienitz (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 09:50 AM

Dec 2017

renegade000

(2,301 posts)

12. Well, I guess it's technically pro-Obama and anti-Bush... n/t

Reply to paulkienitz (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 08:49 PM

Dec 2017

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

2. SCREW THAT. GOTV in every election. That is how we win. nt

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 03:55 PM

Dec 2017

Cha

(297,503 posts)

3. It's a start.. keep going!

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 04:36 PM

Dec 2017

Mahalo, working..

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

14. Blue wave is coming Cha!

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 12:03 PM

Dec 2017

Cha

(297,503 posts)

15. Such a beautiful

Reply to workinclasszero (Reply #14)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 05:31 PM

Dec 2017

blue wave!

Mahalo!

Old Crank

(3,610 posts)

4. BUT

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 03:39 AM

Dec 2017

We still have to work hard and show up at the polls.

Orange Free State

(611 posts)

7. I wish they had...

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 09:47 AM

Dec 2017

...broken it down into the states that actually have Senate races this time. It’s mostly seats the Dems already have. One can but hope that two seats flip.

dembotoz

(16,821 posts)

9. Sadly we elect people and not preference

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 09:54 AM

Dec 2017

The gop slander machine will be going strong

DownriverDem

(6,230 posts)

10. As explained by Rachel

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 11:49 AM

Dec 2017

Rachel did a graph regarding the number of Dems v repubs running in the 2018 elections. She then showed how it looked in 2010 when the repubs won big. In 2010 more repubs were running for their party's nomination then Dems. Right now the number of Dems running v repubs running is off the charts. If the comparison holds the Dems should win big time in 2018!

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

11. GO DEMOCRATS!!!!! DEMOCRATS, READY START GO!!!!! It's raining Democrats!

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 08:46 PM

Dec 2017

Vote Democratic Party!!!! It's imperative that Democrats get elected. We know what they stand for, since there's a Democratic Party Platform. Some will be moderate, some will be progressive. But they will all be DEMOCRATS.

Next in line, independents who are sympathetic to the Democratic Party Platform, since they would be better than a Republican in office.

x1959b

(16 posts)

13. we need to do

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 11:55 AM

Dec 2017

what was just accomplished in Alabama

rtracey

(2,062 posts)

16. psssssh

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 10:14 AM

Dec 2017

Yeah, right.... good luck, somehow before 2018, I feel this party will fuck things up AGAIN..... I am really close to walking across the midline to the independent side of the track.

Snoopy 7

(528 posts)

17. Doesnt matter

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 04:59 PM

Dec 2017

We can’t be happy with this since the repugs will leave the country in a recession. We won’t have any money to get things done and the dems will have to make the social cuts to balance budget and pay off the deficit. Then the repugs will scream about how the dems don’t care about you and get re-elected again. Then they will give their masters what they want and we pay for it again. As long as we’ve got ignorant voters the cycle will never end...

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