Americans divide almost evenly over whether they have more confidence in the newly empowered Republicans in the US House of Representatives (51%) or in President Joe Biden (49%) to deal with the major issues facing the country today, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
But asked about the impact of Republican control of the House on several major issues, the public anticipates positive changes in few areas. …
Half of Americans currently say the GOP’s views and policies are too extreme, rather than generally mainstream, while 44% call the Democratic Party too extreme – both numbers are little changed since last summer.
Both Democrats and Republicans largely express contentment with the states of their parties, but more than 3 in 10 within each party say they’d like to see significant changes. CONTINUED
Jennifer Agiesta & Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN
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