Opinion Today
October 22, 2022
National UMass Amherst Poll Measures Voters’ Fear, Anger and Worries Approaching Midterm Elections University of Massachusetts Amherst As the nation approaches the 2022 midterm elections, American voters expressed fear, anger and a great deal of worry in a new national University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll. Nearly three-quarters of Democratic voters (74%) and 65% of Republican voters said that they will be angry – and three-quarters of both party’s voters said they will be afraid – if the opposing party takes control of Congress, the poll of 1,000 respondents found. Voters in battleground states prefer Republican House candidates over Democrats by 6%, survey says Marc Trussler, Stephanie Perry, Josh Clinton & John Lapinski, NBC News Republicans and Democrats are statistically tied nationally when it comes to voter preferences for U.S. House candidates, but the data reveals concerns for Democrats in several critical states where the party is trying to gain or hold Senate seats.
