CNN's Ana Navarrette: The best the democrats can do is to more or less pull even on the generic ballot. But it would be very different if they managed to defy gravity a few months from now, she says. "I think it is worth stepping back to the very first point you made here,"Navarrette writes. 'There are pretty good historical reason for that'
For months, leaders of the Democratic Party and President Biden have been bracing for huge losses in the upcoming midterm elections. Today, “The Daily” explores a new New York Times poll that complicates that thinking — and could set the stage for a very different showdown in November.
Guest: Nate Cohn, a domestic correspondent for The Upshot at The New York Times.
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Background reading:
- Here’s what a new Times poll shows about divisions and dissatisfaction in the United States.
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