Why Don’t Democrats Have a Bigger Generic Ballot Lead?

The following post for members is by G. Elliott Morris of The Crosstab.

Democrats are up seven points in my average of generic ballot polls, but they’ve overperformed by an average of 17 points in federal special elections since 2016.

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