America is furious.Democrats are furious at Trump.Republicans are furious at Democrats.
Independents are furious at just about everyone.At last, something we can agree on.INDEPENDENT VOTERS AREN’T PICKING A POLITICAL TEAM, THEY JUST FEEL PICKED ONWith just under a week until the midterms, Americans are being told that everything is at stake.Democracy.
The economy.Our freedoms.
The future of the country itself.And yet, according to AP-NORC polling, only about two in ten voters believe either political party is strongly focused on helping people like them or capable of solving important problems.We've never been told an election matters more.We've rarely expected less from the people we're electing.So here's the question I've been thinking about as a pollster.LEE CARTER: THE SUMMER POLLS MISSED THE POINT: VOTERS ARE MOVING — AND THE MIDTERMS BEGINWhat happens when everyone is angry, but not everyone is angry enough to vote?Because that's what makes this election so difficult to predict.We spend an enormous amount of time asking Americans whom they support.
But in a midterm election, the more important question may be whether they care enough to show up.And the latest polling suggests those are two very different things.TRUMP VOTERS REVEAL THEIR BIGGEST FEAR HEADING INTO MIDTERMS — AND IT'S NOT RISING PRICESA CNBC survey found that 74% of Democrats worry President Trump will exceed his constitutional authority if Republicans retain control of Congress.Meanwhile, 54% of Republicans fear Democrats will enact democratic socialist policies.Those aren't equivalent concerns, or equally intense ones.
But they tell us something important about the electorate.Democrats fear a president with too much power.Republicans fear a government with too much reach.Both sides have plenty to be angry about.DEMOCRATS THINK A BLUE WAVE IS BUILDING.
HERE ARE 3 FORCES THAT COULD STOP ITBut anger doesn't vote.People do.And here's where things get interesting.Research examining the ...