How populism could help Democrats blunt the GOP in midterms

Democratic strategist Mark Riddle, president of the center-left group Future Majority, shared a poll he commissioned two weeks ago across all 37 congressional districts decided last November by fewer than 5 percentage points. In the survey of 1,213 likely voters, Biden’s approval rating was 48 percent in these battlegrounds, while Trump was viewed favorably by 41 percent. Yet, alarmingly for Democrats, the two parties were statistically tied on which party they preferred.