Heading into the 2026 midterm elections, there are some very big warning signs for Republicans in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

The survey of 1,443 adults, conducted from Nov. 10-13 found:

  • Democrats holding their largest advantage, 14 points, since 2017 on the question of who respondents would vote for if the midterm elections were held today;

  • Trump’s approval rating is just 39%, his lowest since right after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol;

  • A combined 6-in-10 blame congressional Republicans or Trump for the government shutdown; and

  • Nearly 6-in-10 say Trump’s top priority should be lowering prices — and no other issue comes close.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    11 hours ago

    They don’t have any power though… Politicians that agree with them will go along with them, but they can’t force compliance anymore.

    They got their leadership positions, because when they were elected to them they had a corrupt DNC that would bankrupt an entire state party if one politician from there didn’t toe the line.

    Less then a month after they got their spots, the DNC appointed a new chair, one who not only what play that game, but is pre-emptively giving all that money to state parties with zero strings.

    So it’s not just that the DNC might be unwilling to use those funds as leverage, it’s that they’re already giving that leverage back to the states.

    Schumer and Jefferies can’t threaten people that Martin will wield the DNC as a club, because he’s already broken the club into a bunch of smaller clubs and passing them out.

    This is the “bottom-up” structure that we’ve been missing for 50 years and why the party got so shitty.