A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that independent voters in suburban areas support Republican candidates over Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin — 62 percent to 30 percent. Barack Obama won the suburbs by a 50-48 margin in 2008, a huge coup for the party. But now you are starting to see a collective case of buyer’s remorse:

After four years of Democratic control in Washington, however, many independents here who voted for Obama now voice varying degrees of disapproval for the president and his party. They say they are frustrated by his inability to forge bipartisan compromise. They say Obama and the Democrats pursued an agenda that was too liberal and have not done enough to shore up the economy.
“There is no question we are struggling with them today,” said Democratic pollster Andrew Myers, who is tracking suburban voters in Colorado and other states. “If ultimately we lose them, it will be like one of the legs of our stool was knocked out.”

Each party’s success among this demographic will no doubt have a significant impact on the outcome of the mid-term elections. These are the people who show up at the polls in November. As it stands, things don’t look great for Democrats:

“The battle of every election comes down to how far out into the suburbs can you push the line of Democratic dominance,” said Ruy Teixeira, a fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress and co-author of a 2002 book, “The Emerging Democratic Majority.” “The Democrats have had a lot of success pushing that line out from the urban core. But I think Republicans will reassert their dominance in the farther-flung exurbs. Where is that line going to be drawn? That’s going to determine how well the Republicans do.”