Political pendulum swings back toward Democrats

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), for instance, generated countless headlines last month when he heckled Trump during the president's speech before Congress.
48% : But voters rejected that message in resounding numbers, giving the Democrat a 10-point victory in a state that was carried by Trump less than five months earlier -- an outcome that will have an outsized impact on the Badger State's abortion policies and House map.
47% : "There are 60 House Republicans who hold districts right now that Donald Trump won by 15 points or less in November.
45% : " Still, Trump won't be on the ticket in the midterms, which will likely deflate GOP turnout.
37% : But the party was able to close the gap significantly in seats Trump had won by more than 30 points in November, and Democratic leaders said the results should be a warning bell for battleground Republicans across the country.
35% : Rep. Mark Pocan (D), a Wisconsin liberal, said the vote is a clear sign that Democratic voters are animated and activated by the threat they see in Trump.
30% : The party has spent the early months of the year soul-searching the causes of a bitter election defeat and fighting internally over how best to counter President Trump and his fierce effort to dismantle the traditional workings of Washington.
28% : The disagreement was over tactics, not policy, but the debate eroded trust between the chambers; undermined the Democrats' claims of unity in the face of Trump; and infuriated liberals, some of whom called for Schumer to give up his leadership post. House Democrats have also clashed internally over the most effective strategy for pushing back against Trump in the early months of his second term, which have been defined by aggressive efforts to gut the federal government, fire federal workers and use the levers of the executive branch to punish political enemies.
27% : Such debates have posed a huge challenge for Jeffries and his leadership team, who have sought to strike a balance between those Democrats advocating for party leaders to counter Trump more aggressively, and those calling for a "tactical pause" to give Republicans the space to wage their own civil war over the more unpopular elements of Trump's domestic wishlist.

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