Today, the Washington Post and ABC News released their most recent join poll results. They are abysmal for Democrats. The Republicans stand an excellent chance to keep the House. That's bad enough, but it is looking increasingly likely that the Republicans could pick up the six seats they need to sieze control of the Senate.
...the OP analysis is off.
WaPo title:
Poll: Democrats’ advantage on key issues is not translating to a midterm-election edge
The Post-ABC survey affirms those projections, showing Republicans in a stronger position than Democrats in the states with Senate races this fall and more than holding their own in the battle for control of the House. In the 34 states with Senate races, 50 percent of voters say they favor Republicans and 42 percent favor Democrats.
That is the case despite the Republican Party’s poor image nationally and its deficit on some important issues. About two in three Americans say the GOP is out of touch “with the concerns of most people in the United States today.”
Republican aren't going to win 34 Senate seats, despite that polling.
The actual reason Republicans have an edge is that several Senate seats currently held by Democrats are in states won by Romney in 2012.
Alaska
Arkansas
Louisiana
Montana
North Carolina
South Dakota
West Virginia
I'm going to exerpt a bit of the story.
A majority (56 percent) say that, based on personal experience, the economy has begun to recover. But only 18 percent say it is a strong recovery. Four in 10 call the recovery weak, and the rest say it has not begun.
Barely half the people think we are in a recovery. Fully 40% say it is a weak recovery. That is because we as a people are ignoring the 55 million people who are not employed, and aren't counted. Think about that my friends. We're talling 55 million people that they and their familes don't count.
There is simply no way to spin the fact that 56 percent say "the economy has begun to recover" as a negative.
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