Republicans Have Momentum With Voters. It Might Be Enough for a Wave in November.

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🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 47% of registered voters surveyed said they are more likely to vote for the Republican in their district, as opposed to 44% who said they preferred a Democrat. Because congressional districts across the U.S. are drawn in a way that broadly favors Republicans, Democrats need a national lead of at least a few points to break even. The last time Republicans were up in our poll, in 2014, the party won control of both the House and the Senate.

Despite Democrats' projected losses, though, it could still be a good year for progressives — who have the upper hand in a number of party primary races.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, political correspondent Juana Summers, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Amy.
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0:30.7	It's not looking great like there.
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0:36.2	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:38.4	I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:40.4	I'm Wanda Summers, I cover politics.
0:42.7	And I'm Dominica Montenar, a senior political editor and correspondent.
0:46.2	And all signs are pointing to a difficult election year for Democrats.
0:50.4	And there's new data we have out in our MPR PBS.
0:54.0	NewsHourMarist poll has a lot of evidence of that.
0:57.2	And we're going to talk all about the poll.
0:59.7	But first, I think we would just want to establish that I feel like it's safe to say that
1:03.6	election season really is finally beginning in earnest.
1:08.5	Next month, which starts in just a couple of days,
1:11.5	12 states are having either runoff or primary elections.
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