US Democrats' left-leaning policies out of touch with hardworking Americans: poll

NEW YORK -- The US Democratic Party is perceived by voters as being both ineffective and out of touch and, as a result, stands to suffer substantive seat losses in the midterm elections, The Hill reported on Sunday citing a new poll by Schoen Cooperman Research.

"Indeed, the findings of our survey -- which was conducted among likely 2022 midterm election voters -- show that the electorate is increasingly pessimistic about the direction in which President (Joe) Biden and Democrats are steering the country and feel that the party's priorities do not align with their own," said the report.

A majority of voters (54 percent) -- including 56 percent of independents -- explicitly say that they want Biden and Democrats to move closer to the center and embrace more moderate policies versus embracing more liberal policies (18 percent) or staying where they are politically (13 percent), according to the poll.

Most voters (61 percent) also agree that Biden and Democrats are "out of touch with hardworking Americans" and "have been so focused on catering to the far-left wing of the party that they're ignoring Americans' day to day concerns" such as "rising prices" and "combatting violent crime," said the report.

"Equally concerning for Democrats, there is a clear sense among the 2022 electorate that the state of the country has deteriorated since Biden became president and that he has not lived up to expectations," it added.

Biden's net approval rating is 9 points underwater (54 percent disapprove, 45 percent approve), which marks a 4-point drop since our December poll (51 percent disapprove, 46 percent approve). A plurality of voters (43 percent) also say that Biden has done worse as president than they expected, rather than better (19 percent), according to the poll.