Midterms: where’s your head at?
Voters are focusing less on the president this midterm cycle, says the analysis of surveys conducted Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2018, and Oct. 13-15, 2022, among representative samples of roughly 2,000 registered voters each.
— One-third of voters are thinking a lot about Biden as they consider their vote in the midterms, according to a recent Morning Consult survey, similar to the 30% who said the same of former President Donald Trump. Both figures are far less than the 51% of voters who said Trump was top of mind four years ago.
— Just 15% of voters are thinking a lot about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the perennial Democratic boogeyman who continues to feature in Republican campaign messaging, similar to the 13% who said the same in 2018.
— Around 1 in 10 voters said they are thinking a lot about Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York (11%) and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (9%), similar to figures from 2018. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California, whom Morning Consult did not ask about in 2018, is top of mind for 10% of voters.
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