Posted on 09/19/2018 9:04:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We get continuous warnings that Republicans are going to get trounced in the midterms this fall, not because of Republican policies, but because people just don't like President Trump. We were told that Republicans would get trounced in 2016 because people just didn't like Trump and he would drag the party down.
On Monday, there was an article by the Associated Press that pushed that Democrat narrative. Take a look:
In a post-Labor Day briefing at the White House, a top Republican pollster told senior staff that the determining factor in the election wouldn't be the improving economy or the steady increase in job creation. It would be how voters feel about Trump. And the majority of the electorate, including a sizable percentage of Republican-leaning voters, doesn't feel good about the president, according to a presentation from pollster Neil Newhouse that spanned dozens of pages.
"For Republican candidates to win in swing states, they need all of the voters who support President Trump, plus a chunk of those who do not," said Whit Ayres, a GOP pollster. "That is threading a very narrow strategic needle."
The paradox for Republicans is that most Americans are largely satisfied with the economy, according to numerous surveys. But the party has struggled to keep the economy centered at the center [sic] of the election debate.
What we don't see in these predictions is actual support for Democrat policies. People are not clamoring for higher taxes, more regulations, and a more powerful government. The people generally support enforcing immigration laws and do not support sanctuary cities and states. I do not believe that most people actually believe that college will be free or that socialism is better than capitalism.
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The Enemedia, that’s why.
There were, but you have to go back to 1994.
Because the entire mainstream media is their cheer squad.
“...Why aren’t there ever any dire predictions for Democrats ahead of elections?...”
Easy - it’s more fun to watch ‘em when they lose!
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Because we are the incumbents and historically incumbents get pummeled in mid term elections. C.f. 2006, 2010 etc.
RE: C.f. 2006, 2010 etc.
What about 1998 and 2002 ?
The difference between then and now is that the parties have been “purified” ideologically, and the mediavorgs have become more partisan (and less aware of their own partisanship).
1994 caught them by surprise, too. Remember Peter Jennings on TV, shocked, saying America was throwing a temper tantrum. Even in 1984, they only gave Reagan the edge in the week or so before the election, and never, not once, predicted the wipeout landslide that it ended up being, and probably always was.
Because it does not fit the left wing media message even if true.
I was still listening to NPR back in 1994, and I'll never forget the on-air demeanor of their "what the hell happened?" panel discussion on the morning after the election. Three or four of their "analysts" were on the panel, and they all sounded like they desperately wanted to be somewhere else, like in a soundproof room where they could do a few hours of primal scream therapy.
They were all talking very slowly, with somber, muffled voices. It was striking.
Ha, ha.... enemedia.
Exactly right. The cheer the Dems and boo the Republicans.
Gonna have to watch that live pretty soon. Youtube is taking down all those “2016 liberal media meltdown” videos.
1984
The GOP just flipped a district that was blue for 139 years.
They’re going to need a new narrative.
There is..just not by the msm and their propagandist.
Because a certain % of swing voters invariably simply vote for the candidate they perceive as being ahead in the polls or likeliest to win.
Freegards
Yesterday the Texas 19th District state Senate run-off flipped red, first time its been controlled by the GOP since 1879.
And two catalysts of that were Hillarycare and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Hard to imagine now
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