A new battleground election tracker showed many voters are not satisfied with the direction of the country and blame President Joe Biden for the overall state of the economy.
The CBS News/YouGov poll released on Sunday showed a slowing of momentum for the Democrats as they try to maintain control of the House and concerns over the economy are top of mind.
<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"0000017c-2d27-d823-a5ff-aff793af0000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1666015358063,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017f-e2f4-de00-a7ff-e7fff8030000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1666015358063,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017f-e2f4-de00-a7ff-e7fff8030000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_65766487", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1117682"} }); ","theme.0000017c-2d32-d5c4-af7f-7d77b7920000.:core:enhancement:Enhancement.hbs.enhancementAlignment":null,"theme.0000017c-2d32-d5c4-af7f-7d77b7920000.:core:enhancement:Enhancement.hbs._template":null,"_id":"00000183-e640-d791-abd3-fe5de5700000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video Embed
More than 70% of voters said Biden’s policies are responsible for the current state of the economy, with 45% saying he is to blame “a great deal.”
WATCH: JON VOIGHT SAYS DEMOCRATS ‘DON’T KNOW WHAT RIGHT AND WRONG IS’
Only 15% of those polled said they believed the economy was getting better, while 65% said they felt the economy was getting worse, and 20% thought it was staying the same.
The flux in gas prices did not help people’s opinion of the economy, as 63% said gas prices in their area were going up.
More than two-thirds (68%) of those polled said that the Biden administration could be doing more to fight inflation, which was reported last month to be up 8.2% overall from September 2021.
The poll also showed Republicans will likely control the House come this November’s midterm elections with 224 seats compared to the Democrats’ 211.
Democrats currently hold 220 seats. A total of 218 seats are needed to control the congressional chamber.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The CBS Battleground Tracker poll was conducted with YouGov, surveying 36,513 voters across all 435 congressional districts between Sept. 15 and Oct. 14 for its House model, followed by a survey of 2,068 voters between Oct. 12-14, with a reported margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.
