Harry Enten notes that while Democrats will likely be hurt in the midterm elections by President Obama’s low approval rating, the “effect of Congress’s approval rating seems very real. Republicans look like they could be hurt by that low approval rating. This flies in the face of the idea that this or any election with split control is solely a referenda on the president.”
Low Approval Rate Hurts Congressional Republicans
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