The polls keep getting worse for Democrats

As both parties gear up for the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans continue to dominate poll after poll. Democrats are running out of angles to run on, and a new Gallup poll is giving them even fewer options.

Gallup found that respondents believe the GOP can better protect the United States from international threats than the Democratic Party by a margin of 54%-39%. The GOP typically leads in this polling metric, but it increased its margin from last year’s 50%-46% lead. It’s the biggest gap in the party’s favor on this question since 2015, likely thanks to President Joe Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal (with Americans still trapped in the Taliban-controlled country).