Six months before election day, electoral fundamentals favor Republicans, according to a Resurgent Republic national survey. The poll found that voters' top priority remains the economy, and they overwhelmingly believe the country is stuck in a recession, President Obama's economic plan is not working, and that it's time to try something else. Voters view Barack Obama, not Mitt Romney, as outside the ideological mainstream. By a 17-point margin, Independents think President Obama's energy policies have been bad for the country.