{"id":348263,"date":"2018-02-14T23:27:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-shock-poll-finds-democrats-blue-wave-has-turned-into-a-drought\/"},"modified":"2018-02-14T23:27:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:27:37","slug":"prison-planet-com-shock-poll-finds-democrats-blue-wave-has-turned-into-a-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-shock-poll-finds-democrats-blue-wave-has-turned-into-a-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Shock Poll Finds Democrats\u2019 \u201cBlue Wave\u201d Has Turned Into a Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>Republicans sneak ahead for first time since April 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Joseph Watson<\/strong><br \/>PrisonPlanet.com<br \/>February 14, 2018 <!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.infowars.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/poll1.jpg\" alt=\"null\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\"><strong>A shock new poll has found that the much hyped \u201cblue wave\u201d set to sweep away Republicans in the 2018 mid-terms has turned into a drought.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">For almost a year, Democrats have been bragging that the #Resistance will deliver a stunning blow to Donald Trump in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">They might want to consider putting the champagne on ice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">A new Morning Consult-Politico\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?format=go&amp;jsonp=vglnk_151863527382017&amp;key=e7609c039c08d3ae00aebd97e6f0bffd&amp;libId=jdnflfir010110e3000DA6xsvd0ke&amp;loc=http%3A\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/02\/14\/poll-republicans-overtake-democrats-heading-into-midterms\/&amp;v=1&amp;out=https%3A\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/02\/14\/trump-polling-democrats-republicans-407315&amp;ref=http%3A\/\/dailycaller.com\/&amp;title=POLL%3A%20R%27s%20Overtake%20D%27s%20Midterms%20|%20The%20Daily%20Caller&amp;txt=found\">poll<\/a>\u00a0finds that 39 per cent of voters prefer a Republican candidate compared to 38 per cent of voters who prefer a Democratic candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">This marks the first time since April 2017 that Republicans are ahead of Democrats on a generic congressional ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">The poll also found that Donald Trump\u2019s approval rating has improved and held steady at 47 per cent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Democrats are beginning to panic that Trump\u2019s focus on the tax cuts and positive economic figures is decimating their efforts to portray his administration as corrupt and illegitimate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">\u201cIn the last few weeks, Democrats turned their attention to other issues while Trump has continued to promote his economic policies, and Trump\u2019s numbers have incrementally improved as a result,\u201d warned Democratic SuperPAC Priorities USA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">The results of the Morning Consult-Politico poll closely track a Monmouth University\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2018\/01\/31\/shock-poll-blue-wave-evaporates-2018-generic-ballot-back-to-dead-heat\/\">poll<\/a>\u00a0taken in late January before Trump\u2019s popular State of the Union speech which showed Democrats with only a negligible edge over Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Now that small lead has apparently disappeared entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Blue wave? What blue wave?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUBSCRIBE<\/strong> on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p>Follow on Twitter: <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @PrisonPlanet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.j.watson.71\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paul.j.watson.71<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">*********************<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Paul Joseph Watson is the editor at large of <a href=\"http:\/\/infowars.com\/\">Infowars.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/prisonplanet.com\/\">Prison Planet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2018  at  2:14 pm<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n        &#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/shock-poll-finds-democrats-blue-wave-has-turned-into-a-drought.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans sneak ahead for first time since April 2017 Paul Joseph WatsonPrisonPlanet.comFebruary 14, 2018 A shock new poll has found that the much hyped \u201cblue wave\u201d set to sweep away Republicans in the 2018 mid-terms has turned into a drought. 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