{"id":14652,"date":"2026-07-23T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14652"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T08:43:46","slug":"not-much-good-news-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14652","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Not Much Good News&#8217; GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p>A Fox News poll released on Wednesday shows that voters prefer Democrats over Republicans to handle most issues.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-poll-voters-want-major-change-amid-economic-political-discontent\">poll<\/a>, voters favor Democrats by nine points when it comes to the economy. Democrats have not led by that much on that particular issue in a Fox News poll since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Chief Political Analyst <strong>Brit Hume<\/strong> joined <strong>Bret Baier<\/strong> on Wednesday\u2019s <em>Special Report<\/em> to assess the survey, which indicates that only 24%% of Americans rate the economy as \u201cexcellent or good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at the condition of the economy,\u201d Baier said. \u201cAnd this is the one, for midterms, we look at closely. And that is \u2018excellent or good,\u2019 24%; only \u2018fair or poor,\u2019 76%. And that has got to have Republicans, Senate and House, concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely, Bret,\u201d Hume replied. \u201cAnd the truth is, there\u2019s not much good news for Republicans in this whole poll we did. Underwater on the economy, as you showed, underwater on affordability. Those two issues are front and center for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hume noted that the poll shows Republicans ahead of Democrats on crime and national security, but nowhere else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the other thing is, of course, on the question of intensity and voter sentiment,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt appears Republicans are down, but if you add the people who are very likely or extremely likely to vote, the difference for Democrats is very slight. So, Republicans can take some faith or and some hope from that. With an unpopular incumbent in this particular presidency in its first midterm, the way of history is pretty strong, and the party in power in the White House has historically, with very few exceptions, done very poorly in a midterm like this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Back on Monday, Hume noted that the Iran war may also be a problem for Republicans heading into November\u2019s midterms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the president\u2019s in kind of a tough spot here in that sense,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/foxs-brit-hume-says-trump-promised-to-keep-us-out-of-endless-wars-and-now-hes-in-one\/\">said at the time<\/a>. \u201cAnd he promised to keep us out of endless wars or unsatisfactory wars, and now he\u2019s in one, and it\u2019s not at all clear how it\u2019s gonna end. So, he\u2019s vulnerable on this point, and in political terms, he does need to get this over with. But what he may need his time, and he doesn\u2019t have a lot of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via Fox News.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fox News poll released on Wednesday shows that voters prefer Democrats over Republicans to handle most issues. 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