Per the pollsters, the biggest contributing factor was (unsurprisingly) the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. “That 2-point GOP advantage is down from 17 points in March and 8 points in May.” “According to the survey, 68% of Republicans express a high level of interest in the upcoming election … versus 66% for Democrats,” notes Mark Murray. Democrats have almost eliminated the enthusiasm gap with Republicans. The latest NBC News poll - which still shows Republicans with a lead in the generic congressional ballot - had two data points that stuck out to us:ġ. Gone are the days when pundits confidently predicted a red tsunami. Over the last few weeks - amid a spate of legislative movement, falling gas prices, stumbling Republican Senate candidates and the sense of a growing backlash to efforts to restrict abortion - the fight for control of Congress seems to have tightened. THE SHIFTING CENTER OF ATTENTION - It’s been a long time (months? years?) since we’ve seen national Democrats in such a good mood about their electoral chances. The money will support the NDRC’s legal actions, its voting rights work and its support for candidates in November. The Martha’s Vineyard event will include dinner and a discussion about democracy. 30, along with the organization’s leader, former Attorney General ERIC HOLDER. Fed Chair JEROME POWELL addresses Jackson Hole later in the day ( Bloomberg has a preview).įIRST IN PLAYBOOK - Former President BARACK OBAMA is launching his midterm efforts by headlining a National Democratic Redistricting Committee fundraiser Aug. … Friday: New inflation numbers (the personal-consumption expenditures price index, which is the Fed’s preferred inflation measure) come out at 8:30 a.m. … Thursday: Jackson Hole Economic Symposium opens.
… Wednesday: One-year anniversary of House Dems passing a $3.5 trillion framework for the ill-fated Build Back Better package. … Tuesday: Statewide primaries in New York and Florida. and South Korea begin largest joint military exercises in half a decade ( more from Reuters). | Andrew Harnik, File/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY
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