“By more than a two-to-one margin, these voters want a politician who is willing to work together to get things done, even if the result is an occasional compromise that goes against voters’ values (67%), over a politician who consistently fights for their values but doesn’t often find a solution (30%),” the AARP said.
Women voters 50 and over are divided evenly by party (44% Republicans and 45% Democrats), in sharp contrast to their male counterparts, who are solidly Republican (51% Republicans and 38% Democrats). But in a generic straw ballot, pollsters found a Democratic candidate for Congress has a seven-point advantage over the Republican candidate among these women voters, the pollsters found.
“Women over 50 are arguably the most important voting cohort for the 2022 midterm elections—and they are not happy,” said pollster Christine Matthews, president of Bellwether Research, which also partnered with the AARP.