{"id":15764,"date":"2025-10-05T17:29:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2025-10-05T17:29:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:29:32","slug":"gop-leading-dems-on-several-key-issues-ahead-of-midterms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15764","title":{"rendered":"GOP Leading Dems On Several Key Issues Ahead Of Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>According to a Washington Post\/Ipsos survey, Republicans lead Democrats in voter trust on the issues of economy, immigration, and crime heading into the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_1\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/usaunfiltered24.com\/usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt this particular point, the Democrats are the New Orleans Saints of political parties,\u201d quipped CNN\u2019s Harry Enten. \u201cThe ball may be on the ground, but the Democrats have not picked up the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1970156860364702156&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fusajournal.news%2F2025%2F09%2F22%2Fgop-leading-dems-on%2F&amp;sessionId=ebb05db631539fbcb262f8af03aac33ba1da6cfa&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1970156860364702156\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The survey found Republicans with a 7-point advantage over Democrats on the economy, a 13-point lead on immigration, and a 22-point edge on crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/usaunfiltered24.com\/usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By comparison, in 2022 the GOP held a 12-point lead on the economy, but just a 3-point margin on immigration and a 13-point lead on crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLook at this! The Republican lead\u2019s (on immigration) actually gone up by 10 points. What are you doing Democrats?!\u201d asked Enten. \u201cMy goodness gracious!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Convention of States (COS) Action held its annual national conference this weekend in Indianapolis, as calls for curbing federal spending, imposing term limits, and reducing the power of the federal government continued despite President Donald Trump\u2019s pledge to address those issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_3\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23293390090\/usaunfiltered24.com\/usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Convention of States, organized by Citizens for Self-Governance, is a grassroots campaign to invoke Article V of the U.S. Constitution and convene a limited convention of states. Delegates would be able to propose amendments aimed at federal fiscal restraint, reducing government authority, and imposing term limits on Congress and other officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div id=\"usaunfiltered24.com_responsive_3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To call such a convention, 34 states must pass resolutions. Any amendments adopted would then require ratification by 38 states to take effect \u2014 a threshold supporters say prevents what critics warn could become a \u201crunaway convention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, 19 states have approved the Article V application. Six more have passed it in one legislative chamber, and 21 others are considering the measure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Washington Post\/Ipsos survey, Republicans lead Democrats in voter trust on the issues of economy, immigration, and crime heading into the 2026 midterms. \u201cAt this particular point, the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15766,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15764\/revisions\/15766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}