Dems leading polls on Generic R vs. D congressional ballot

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If the election were held today, would you vote for a Republican or a Democrat?

That question has been asked of voters for ages.  It gives the political class a good feel of how each party is perceived among the electorate. There have been occasions where Republicans have led on these generic ballot polls. But check out what’s been turning up in polls released between January 15 and January 20.

For presidential approval, I can’t recall a modern president doing better than an approval rating in the 40s.  The Direction of the Country numbers ought to concern everyone on a ballot this year.  The voters are frustrated. Stuff costs too much. The government is still too intrusive.  The country is slipping further down the drain by the minute. 

A lot of people were reasonabiy expecting some serious action after the 2024 election. We’ve had a flurry of activity from The White House.  But not much more from Capitol Hill than preening and posturing for the cameras and investigations which go nowhere.  Reelection is trumping fixing the country. People told the GOP in 2024 that they want the country fixed NOW. 

DOGE showed a lot of promise.  Yet, we’ve had a grand total of ONE DOGE CUT voted into law. The cutting was mostly done via executive order and the money can easily be restored after the next Democrat takeover.

Things aren’t much more promising at the state level.  In Raleigh, legislators really have ONE JOB: a budget.  It’s due at the end of each June.  Yet, here we are in late January still without one. We’re being told that work on a budget — in the GOP dominated legislature – is being held up because Senate leadership (aka Phil Berger) wants the taxpayers on the hook for a new billion-dollar children’s hospital and even more Medicaid expansion.  Republicans in the House aren’t buying into any of that.  North Carolina Republicans are at loggerheads in Raleigh because they can’t agree on saying no to excessive, wasteful spending.

This is why the party establishment and the drive-by media don’t want people to know primaries are coming in March.  Voters can send messages in March by firing some big names in Raleigh and DC and then replacing them with other Rs who have better attitudes.

Things get harder in November if you let the slackers slide through the primary.  Then, the choice will be between socialists who proudly tell you they want to destroy the economy and Republicans who tell you they’re conservative but don’t or won’t do anything to prove it. 

God help us.