Poll: Democrats lack advantage on three key issues

The Democratic Party maintains a slight edge, 39% to 34%, on the key question of which party is better able to handle what respondents say is the nation’s top problem. Again, this represents a loss of support for the Democratic Party, because last year, nearly half — 49% — believed the Democrats were the better choice to handle the country’s most important problem.

Still, the Republicans are not growing stronger while Democrats are weakening: the 34% who say Republicans are now better on this is down from 39% last year. Instead, 27% of Americans choose neither party or say there is no difference between the two parties, the highest since July 1994.