The GOP's Own Leaked Memo Confirms Their Worst Nightmare
As it happens, the polls aren't the only ones delivering bad news to Republicans — their own allies are piling on, too. Public surveys now show Democrats pulling ahead on the economy, which is a bit like losing a spelling bee to someone you've been calling illiterate for decades.
To make things worse, Politico got its hands on a leaked memo from a Koch-backed GOP group that essentially confirms the same thing in writing. The memo's internal polling finds that, for the first time, voters trust Democrats more on the economy and inflation. Oh, and as a bonus, it also warns that Republicans could lose the Senate — and begs the party to completely rethink how it talks about the economy. So to summarize: the GOP is being fact-checked by its own friends, and it doesn't seem to have a Plan B. That last part tracks.
“As it stands today, our view is that the Republican Senate majority is at risk,” AFP Action senior adviser Emily Seidel and Executive Director Nathan Nascimento write in the memo, according to the outlet. “Our internal polling in several battleground states and one-on-one conversations with voters show that for the first time, Democrats are more trusted on the economy and inflation.”