A new poll suggests a grim future for Democratic candidates due to a majority of Americans disapproving of President Barack Obama's policies.
The poll conducted by Pew Research and USA Today had 47 percent of voters favoring Republicans in their districts while only 43 percent favored Democrats.
The president's policies are not helping the Democrats' chances either according to CNN:
More troubling, perhaps, for Democrats is that President Obama is not a draw for their voters. Just 31% of Democrats think of their vote as "for" the President. Four years ago, 47% of Democrats felt that way.
Numbers like these could have implications for Democrats in 2014, for sure. But they could also influence how Democrats run for president. Sixty-five percent of the people in the poll said they hope the next president has policies that are not similar to Obama’s.