Republicans Lead Democrats On Americans’ ‘Most Important’ Issue: Poll

The Republican Party is more trusted than the Democratic Party to solve voters’ “Most Important Problem,” according to a new poll.

The results are from a Gallup poll taken from September 1-23 that shows Republicans with a solid edge over Democrats on issues such as economic policy and national security. The poll also showed that roughly 6-in-10 Americans disapprove of President Joe Biden’s performance, and roughly 8-in-10 disapprove of Congress’ performance.

In addition to leads on big issues, the Republican Party has a sizable lead on whatever voters consider to be the “most important” problem facing the country, according to Gallup.

“Forty-four percent say the Republican Party is better, while 36% name the Democratic Party and the rest say the parties are the same or have no preference. This is at a time when the economy, government/poor leadership and immigration lead Americans’ open-ended responses when asked to name the most important problem facing the country,” Gallup reported.

The poll showed the Republican Party leads Democrats on economic matters 53% to 39%, the largest edge Republicans have had on the issue since 1991. Republicans are also preferred by Americans to handle national security issues over Democrats 57% to 35%.

An NBC News survey released last week showed similar results, with the Republican Party holding the largest edge over the Democratic Party with voters on the economy in the history of the poll, which dates back to 1991. The poll found that 49% of Americans favor Republicans’ economic policy as opposed to 28% who favor Democrats’ policy.

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It also showed Republicans with leads beyond the margin of error on the issues of border security (50% for Republicans to 20% for Democrats), crime (46%-20%), immigration (45%-27%), and protecting constitutional rights (43%-35%). The Democratic Party held a sizable lead on the issues of education (30%-40%), coronavirus (26%-37%), abortion (28%-46%), and healthcare (22%-45%).

The poor polling on the economy is adding to pressure on the White House to ditch its message on “Bidenomics,” a tagline the president has used to tout his economic agenda to voters. Top allies of the president are pushing him to scrap the message and focus on more favorable issues to Democrats as the 2024 election draws closer.

“With all due respect to the president, to the White House, this is not so much about them as it is the people who are benefiting by the policies that they came out and demanded,” Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said. “We have to do a better job framing this not so much for one person — for the office of the presidency — but for the people.”