In 2010, Obama’s Poll Numbers Less Of An Asset For Congressional Democrats The Washington Post reports on the effect that President Obama’s sagging poll numbers could have on Democratic fortunes in the midterm election – a big change from 2008, when his numbers were high and Dem candidates readily associated themselves with him. “In midterm elections, the presidential numbers serve like a weight on scale,” said an unnamed senior Democratic consultant. “The heavier [or worse] the numbers, the harder it is for any person in the party to get back to even keel.”
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