New poll shows dire outlook for Democrats, best midterm projection for Republicans in 40 years

In fact, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post survey, Republican congressional candidates hold their largest lead over voter preference heading into a midterm election year since 1981 when Ronald Reagan was president.

The poll discovered that among registered voters in the U.S., the current preference is Republicans over Democrats by a whopping 10 points, 51% to 41%.

ABC News explained the significance of the finding:
"That's the biggest lead for Republicans in the 110 ABC/Post polls that have asked this question since November 1981. Indeed, it's only the second time the GOP has held a statistically significant advantage (the other was +7 points in January 2002) and the ninth time it's held any numerical edge at all."

While the discovery comes about one year before Election Day 2022, the current state of the Democratic Party, and voter sentiment toward Democrats, suggests Democrats have an uphill battle if they should maintain their majorities in the House and Senate.