Democrats Have Opened Up A Massive Lead In 2018 Generic Ballot
New poll gives Democrats a lot to be hopeful for.
If the 2018 midterm election were held today, Democrats would win by a massive margin, a new poll finds.
According to the new CNN poll, Democrats have a whopping 16-point lead over Republicans in the generic ballot.
The poll found that 54 percent of registered voters say they support a Democrat in their congressional district, while just 38 percent say they back a Republican.
That lead is up from just 5 points in the same CNN poll one month earlier.
The generic ballot asks voters if the election were held today which party would want to control Congress?
Experts expect that Democrats need about a 5 to 7 point lead in the generic ballot to take back the House of Representatives. So if the Democrats hold their 16-point lead, we would see a massive blue wave come November.
There is a massive enthusiasm gap benefiting the Democrats
The CNN poll also found that Democratic voters are far more enthusiastic about the 2018 election, which is a good indicator that Dems will have a turn out advantage come November.
According to the poll, “Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents remain more enthusiastic about voting this fall than Republicans and Republican-leaners.”
In total, 51 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they are extremely or very enthusiastic about voting in November compared to just 41 percent of likely Republican voters.
About the poll: The CNN poll was conducted by SSRS February 20-23 among a random national sample of 1,016 adults, including 909 registered voters, reached on landlines or cellphones by a live interviewer. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points, it is 3.9 points for registered voters and larger for subgroups.
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