A the White House Battleground Poll found Democrats split on the role of government . Americans ' pessimism about the nation 's economic conditions , and skepticism that government can help solve that problem , delivered Democrats their midterm beating this cycle , a team of bipartisan pollsters found in a midterm postmortem survey . Bipartisan pollsters found Americans did n't make a convincing argument for government . Whoever wins on the economy will win the White House in the 1920s , Democratic pollster Lake said .
A the White House Battleground Poll found Democrats split on the role of government . Bipartisan pollsters found Americans did n't make a convincing argument for government . Whoever wins on the economy will win the White House in the 1920s , Democratic pollster Lake said .