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has been a democratic advantage. the economy, a year ago, democrats were ahead by about ten points on this, but this year it has been pretty stable. and the polarization you talk about is even deeper, because there is an as we ve talked about on other issues, an enormous racial gap on these questions. take the economy, among whites, 43/30, a 13-point advantage for republicans. among nonwhites, almost two to one, an advantage for democrats. and you see that on issue after issue. it really kind of underscores how important turnout is going to be in this election. midterms are usually a little whiter and older than presidential elections. if that s the pattern, that holds as an ominous trended for democrats. one thing i want to emphasize here, i think is that these numbers are actually improvements for republicans over the last three years. absolutely. they historically have always been lower. but i want to go back to this issue of the compromise question in this respect. mitch mc

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