Ward Clark writes for RedState.com about interesting new polling data.
In recent decades, it has become an accepted feature of American national politics that the party in power will lose seats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in mid-term elections. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is that the party that is not in power has a wealth of adherents who are upset and therefore motivated to vote.
There are other factors, but the one thing that always looms over every election like a huge, predatory bird is the economy. Now the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has provided to our sister site Townhall some polling numbers that have to have some grins on Republican faces in Washington right about now.
With the midterms approaching, Republicans are zeroing in on a targeted strategy to win back swing voters and Trump voters who don’t typically turn out in off-year elections. Those voters will be critical to maintaining a Republican majority in the Senate next year.
That message centers on the economy and cost of living, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) says new polling, exclusively provided to Townhall, shows a clear path to rebuilding a winning coalition after President Trump’s 2024 win.
That polling shows the cost of living is the overwhelming issue driving the midterms, with 92 percent of swing voters and 85 percent of infrequent Trump voters concerned about it. …
… Those are all areas where Democrats have suffered some significant failures in recent years, most notably when it comes to housing costs. In our major cities in particular, housing costs are spiraling out of control, and the Democrats who run things in those cities (I’m looking at you, Zohran Mamdani) seem determined to do everything they can to make things worse.
