New polling out shows that independent voters this month have heavily aligned with GOP candidates.
"Democrats need to figure out a better way to appeal to actual independents and figure out a way to focus more on the economy instead of social issues," Agranoff added.
This election cycle has been dominated by GOP platforms like inflation and rising crime while Democrats have campaigned on abortion rights. This has proven to be not the most effective strategy for Democrats, with the latestAbove, people walk outside a polling station during early voting for the midterm elections on October 28 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
. On Sunday, the tracker shows that over 45 percent of early votes have been made by registered Democrats and 36 percent of the votes have been made by registered Republicans. According to the tracker, 47 percent of Democrats requested a mail-in ballot opposed to 27 percent of Republicans.