Poll shows Democrats STILL unpopular with voters on three major issues

Common wisdom holds that Democrats are likely to retake the House in next year’s midterms. Perhaps — that’s what history would suggest.

But a recent poll shows that Republicans retain relative strength on important core issues.

CNN’s Harry Enten summarized those data well in a recent appearance: Looking at the Washington Post/IPSOS poll, Enten found that Republicans retained a lead over Democrats on which party voters trust more to handle the economy, crime and immigration.

The numbers aren’t close, either.

The GOP leads the Democrats by 7 percentage points on the economy, 13 points on immigration and a whopping 22 points on crime.

If those are the issues voters care most about next November, it’s hard to see the GOP losing control. Why toss out the party you trust for one that you