New U.S. Poll Shows Leading In A Generic Congressional Ballot

CNBC: Economy, inflation top of mind for midterm voters, giving GOP slight edge in new Monmouth poll 

* The poll found 47% of voters want or prefer Republicans to control Congress compared with 44% who want or prefer Democrats. 

* Overall, 82% of Americans ranked inflation as an extremely or very important issue, compared with 56% who ranked abortion as a top worry and 32% who said the coronavirus pandemic was a big concern. 

* Independents in particular are more than twice as likely to give preference to economic issues over threats to human rights and democracy, 61% to 29%. 

Economic issues like inflation are of top mind for midterm voters a month out from Election Day, giving Republicans a slight edge over Democrats in a new poll released Monday by Monmouth University. 

For the first time since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision overturned the constitutional right to abortion, a majority of voters polled by Monmouth say they think Republicans should take back control of Congress. 

The poll found 47% of voters want or prefer Republicans to control Congress compared with 44% who want or prefer Democrats. 

It’s a 4 percentage point gain for Republicans, up from 43% in August, and a 6 percentage point loss for Democrats, down from 50%. The poll was conducted from Sept. 21 to 25 and has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.  

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Update: GOP tops Democrats on generic congressional ballot as economic issues dominate: poll (The Hill)  

Update #2: Poll shows big shift in party preference for US midterms (RT)  

WNU editor: This is the opposite of a poll from last week that showed Democrats leading in a generic congressional ballot .... Democrats lead generic congressional ballot by 4 points: poll (The Hill). 

The Monmouth University poll is here .... Economic Issues Outweigh Concerns About Rights in Midterm Vote (Monmouth University).