Could the Midterms Be Tighter Than Expected?

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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For months, leaders of the Democratic Party and President Biden have been bracing for huge losses in the upcoming midterm elections. Today, “The Daily” explores a new New York Times poll that complicates that thinking — and could set the stage for a very different showdown in November. Guest: Nate Cohn, a domestic correspondent for The Upshot at The New York Times.

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0:55.0	It's Wednesday, July 13th.
1:21.1	So Nate, the assumption has always been, or at least it feels like this entire year has
1:25.5	been, that the Democrats are going to get absolutely creamed in the midterm elections, that they'll
1:32.7	lose seats in the house and they will probably lose the Senate as well.
1:38.6	But you just released a poll that takes stock of the mood of the electorate and it seems
1:43.4	to implicate that the picture is a little more complicated than that.
1:48.0	Can you tell us about that poll?
1:49.4	What did you find?
1:50.4	Yeah, we found Democrats doing not necessarily well, but maybe surprisingly well given that
1:57.2	backdrop.
1:58.6	Democrats and Republicans were tied on this poll question called the generic congressional
2:02.4	ballot, which just asks whether you'd rather see Democrats or Republicans in control of
2:05.8	Congress.
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