https://nypost.com/2025/06/02/us-news/democratic-partys-horrendous- polling-leaves-cnn-data-guru-in-disbelief-are-you-kidding-me/
Shock polling showing Democrats still languishing behind Republicans on economic issues stunned CNN analyst Harry Enten on Monday.
Enten, the networkâs number cruncher, marveled at Democratsâ inability to close the gap with Republicans â in what is typically the most important issue for voters â despite recession jitters, stock market volatility and President Trump pressing forward with his unpopular tariff plan.
âYouâd expect that Democrats would have this massive lead on the economy â
it ainât so! It ainât so!â Enten said as he unveiled new CNN polling showing the GOP still holds a massive advantage over Dems.
Republicans led Democrats by eight points when asked which party was âcloser to your economic viewsâ in the May survey, released Sunday.
Enten noted that the survey was âstill within the margin of errorâ of a November 2023 CNN poll showing Republicans with an 11-point advantage over Democrats.
âHow is that possible, Democrats!?â the CNN analyst said.
âHow is it possible after all the recession fears? After the stock marketâs been doing all of this, after all the tariffs that Americans are against, and Republicans still hold an eight-point lead on the economy?
Are you kidding me!?â Enten continued.
The data guru pointed out that other polls are even more brutal for Democrats, including the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, which shows
Republicans widening their margins on economic issues under Trump.
âParty with a better economic plan? Well, in May of 2024, just before Donald Trump was re-elected president, Republicans had a nine-point advantage. Look at where we are now in May 2025 â the advantage actually went up by three points,â Enten explained. âNow, Republicans have a 12- point advantage when it comes to the party with a better economic plan.
âAgain, this is after months of supposed economic uncertainty in which the stock marketâs been going bonkers, in which tariff wars that Americans are against have been going on. And yet, despite all of that, the Democrats
are down by 12 points on the economy.â
But nothing âspeaks to Democratic problems on the economy better thanâ polls asking voters to choose which is the party of the middle class â a poll question that has traditionally given Democrats a âhuge advantageâ over Republicans, according to Enten.
âIn our latest CNN poll, among registered voters, âWhich is the party of the middle-class?â â It is tied!â the shocked analyst revealed.
Enten noted that in 1989, polling showed Democrats with a 23-point
advantage, which dropped to a 17-point lead in 2016 and a four-point edge
in 2022.
âThis, I think, speaks to Democratic ills more than anything else,â Enten argued. âThey have traditionally been the party of the middle class. No more!â
âDonald Trump and the Republican Party have taken that mantle away ⌠Republicans have completely closed the gap.â
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Amigoalfonso4
5 hours ago
I'm a registered independent, and finally, CNN is saying something good. Gasoline prices are the lowest ever, and American families are happy
because summer is when we go out the most. With Biden, we've cut down on
egg consumption, and with Trump, we're eating four eggs per person. As for tariffs, we're receiving money because we sent a lot of it to a senseless war. The president is taking away food stamps that immigrants were taking advantage of and giving them to the most vulnerable families. To top it
all off, we hope Congress passes the tax-cutting bill. Regarding security, Trump has surpassed the barriers because there isn't that much disorder at the border, and a cleanup is being done because many criminals and
terrorists have entered.
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