Democrats Face Enthusiasm Gap Ahead of Midterms

A new CNN poll finds 24% of voters said they were extremely enthusiastic about voting in this year’s midterms, identical to the enthusiasm levels in February 2018.

But in a reversal from four years ago, it’s the GOP that now leads in enthusiasm — 30% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters were already expressing extreme enthusiasm, compared with 22% of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters.

Also interesting: Only 38% of voters say the pandemic will be extremely important to their vote.