Veteran congressional campaign strategists in both major political parties are sounding cautionary notes about the latest Gallup survey showing dramatic increases in Republican identification levels among voters heading into the 2022 midterm election.
“On average, Americans’ political party preferences in 2021 looked similar to prior years, with slightly more U.S. adults identifying as Democrats or leaning Democratic (46 percent) than identified as Republicans or leaned Republican (43 percent),” Gallup’s Jeffrey Jones said in a Jan. 17 statement announcing the new data.
