Senate Democrats look to fix ugly polling numbers
By Alexander Bolton - 11/22/21 06:00 AM EST
Senate Democrats are growing alarmed about bad polling numbers and are looking for a better strategy for selling President Biden’s climate and social spending agenda, which Republicans are attacking as a far-left tax and spending spree.
The party also feels that it is getting killed politically by Republicans on culture-war issues after Democrats lost the Virginia gubernatorial contest, which hinged in part on critical race theory.
Senate Democratic Steering Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) organized a meeting with Democratic pollsters on Wednesday to review the surprisingly strong Republican performance in Virginia and New Jersey. One person familiar with the meeting said the message from some of the pollsters was an alarming wake-up call.
“Their level of concern is extremely high,” the source said about what senators heard from pollsters David Dixon, Pete Brodnitz, Geoff Garin, Anita Dunn and María Teresa Kumar.
The clear implication from the presentation is that Senate Democrats are in serious danger of losing their majority next year if they don’t turn around souring public sentiment.
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