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A Crush Of New Polls Show Democrats In A Free Fall
The Revolutionary Act ^ | 10/08/18

Posted on 10/08/2018 11:18:05 AM PDT by Liberty7732

If there is a silver lining in the tragic farce wrought on the nation by the Democratic Party in the Judge Brett Kavanaugh nomination hearings it is this: Regular Americans are recoiling at the shocking spectacle and Democrat support is plummeting.

Every new poll coming out is uniformly showing middle Americans fleeing from the Democrats while a once-mildly apathetic Republican Party has been ginned up to energetic levels equal to the Democratic base.

Further trouble for the much-hyped blue wave is that black voters are trending against Democrats, participating in the #walkaway movement and viewing the Kavanaugh moment very differently from white Democrats. Given the reliance of the Democratic Party on the monolithic black vote, this portends disaster for blue — but possible salvation for the nation.

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released last week found that the enthusiasm gap between Democrats and Republicans has been erased. The poll asked registered members of each party if they believe the election is “very important.” The gap was running 10-15 points since mid-summer in favor of Democrats. Now it is at 2 points, well within the margin of error, as GOP enthusiasm increased 12 points.

The most recent IBD/TIPP poll also found that the Democrats’ 11-point advantage in the generic ballot was essentially gone. It’s now down to 2 points. The poll also found that President Trump gained four points in his approval rating, and 7 points in the Presidential Leadership Index. It’s an improvement at least in part by way of contrast with the horrible sight of the Democratic left.

The newest Quinnipiac poll, which leans left, found that the Democratic generic congressional ballot advantage has been cut in half. And since mid-September, the Real Clear Politics average of polls showed Trump’s approval climbing more than three points.

And buried in a Quinnipiac poll are some numbers that should rock Democrats back on their heals: Two weeks ago, white women were favoring Democrats on a generic congressional ballot by 13 points. One week later it was down to five points. In the latest poll, it is at one point. These are the vaunted suburban female voters that Democrats having been targeting because of their supposed discomfort with Trump. But it turns out they have sons and husbands and watching what happened to Brett Kavanaugh has not sat well.

Individual race polls are also tracking strongly the same direction.

In the Missouri Senate race, Republican Josh Hawley now leads incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill — with virtually all of the movement coming in reaction to the Kavanaugh hearings. In North Dakota, Republican Kevin Cramer now has a huge lead over Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in two polls — 10 percent and 12 percent. In Indiana, Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly has a one point lead over Republican Mike Braun. It was six points two weeks ago. (This race includes a Libertarian, which is often a spoiler for Republicans.)

A recent YouGov poll showed Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn with an eight point lead over former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen for the open Tennessee seat. This seat was targeted by the Democrats as a pickup possibility.

Republican pollster Chris Wilson says she’s seen Republican polling gains in Arizona, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Texas — just in one week, according to the McClatchy news service.

Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee reported late last week that its small-dollar donations ballooned 175% over the previous week — again, largely based on the Kavanaugh hearings. This means more than just the money increase, it goes directly to the rising GOP voter enthusiasm in the most tangible way.

And finally, what may or may not be being captured is the trend by black voters. Blacks have been warming up to Trump slowly but steadily despite the avalanche of daily racist bromides by the Democrat media establishment.

Trump’s approval rating among black voters in the latest Rasmussen Poll, which leans right, is 35 percent. It was 23 percent at the same time last year, and 17 percent when Trump was elected. An NAACP poll shows a 21 percent level of support among blacks for Trump, compared to seven percent in November 2016. These show real and solid movement.

It turns out that blacks may have watched the #IBelieveHer affair in an entirely different light from other Democrat voters — the light of Emmett Till and a legacy of black men being lynched based solely on the word of a white woman. FYI, all by Democrats.

The surge at every level is apparent. And with only one month until the election, this momentum shift could be very real by the end of the day Nov. 8.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Indiana; US: Missouri; US: Montana; US: Nevada; US: North Dakota; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; 2018polls; bluewave; clairemccaskill; indiana; joedonnelly; joshhawley; marshablackburn; mikebraun; missouri; philbredesen; tennessee
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To: Liberty7732

yet, the talking heads say that Kavanaugh has energized the suburban housewives and we can expect a Blue wave in the House if not the Senate.


41 posted on 10/08/2018 11:57:25 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I think it’s that, but it’s also a reward for Kavanaugh for staying the very rough course.


42 posted on 10/08/2018 11:57:53 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (You can pick your causes, but not the consequences.)
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To: Liberty7732

I am in sympathy with many of the comments on this thread. It’s not time to celebrate the good news. It’s time to push their noses into the mud and crush them while they are down. They will counterattack, depend on it, and for them this is a fight to the death.


43 posted on 10/08/2018 11:57:55 AM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: Liberty7732

Regular Americans are recoiling at the shocking spectacle and Democrat support is plummeting.

Bet your “A”.


44 posted on 10/08/2018 12:05:02 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: vette6387

I submit that the Trumpster has the October surprise in his back pocket. Perhaps the AG has something to reveal a couple of weeks from now.


45 posted on 10/08/2018 12:06:19 PM PDT by technically right
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To: NELSON111

Several Psalms reduce to:
“Lord, may my foes be idiots.”


46 posted on 10/08/2018 12:10:23 PM PDT by gasport (The dung beatle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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To: taxcontrol

“pollsters tightening up their methods”

Exactly. They need to get polls somewhat within reality to avoid discredit. In early polling pollsters typically show Dems blowing Republicans away with 20 to 40 point leads to hopefully excite emotion driven Rats, and to kill Republican enthusiasm.


47 posted on 10/08/2018 12:10:27 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Sweet Saint Skittles bounced dat ole white Craka head off da sidewalk causin he was real skeered.)
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To: Liberty7732

No no no no no!! Doug Schoen, Chris Wallace, Chris Stierwalt, and Juan Williams all insist that just every little old body is enthused to vote dem cause Kavanaugh and Trump sucks and white college aged women or something.


48 posted on 10/08/2018 12:10:38 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Liberty7732

It’s the consequence of living in a bubble chamber. I have some leftist friends (not close friends but people I stay in touch with) and I mentioned to one of them yesterday that if they really wanted to defeat Kavanaugh they should have concentrated on the issues, especially the issue of having a court that will lean too far right (in their opinions) and they shouldn’t have engaged in the smear tactics that so obviously back-fired and didn’t work.

My friend was so shocked she could barely speak. What smear tactics? What smear tactics? What smear tactics?

I disengaged, not seeing any point in arguing with fanatics... because that’s what they all are now, fanatics. Fanatics so far divorced from the truth that they can’t even see what harm they are doing to their chances for elections in November (keeping voter fraud in mind, as always).


49 posted on 10/08/2018 12:10:54 PM PDT by samtheman (On to victory in November)
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To: Liberty7732
In 'free fall' to only a Dems +6.6 margin in the generic ballot.

https://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/2018_generic_congressional_vote-6185.html

50 posted on 10/08/2018 12:13:57 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: StoneRainbow68

Here ya go..lol

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/07/sheldon-whitehouse-brett-kavanaugh-hearing-gasbag-ad-questioning-boofing-flatulence


51 posted on 10/08/2018 12:16:30 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic is one stop shopping...It's the super Walmart for news.)
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To: dfwgator

The entire “current” Democrat Party must be politically destroyed and wiped out come election day, Tuesday, November 6, 2018. We, the people, on “Free Republic” and other web sites, should all be posting every single day from now onward, urging all Americans to cast their votes to wipe out and destroy the current Democrat Party politically...period!!! Case closed!!!


52 posted on 10/08/2018 12:23:41 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: FlipWilson

“No no no no no!! Doug Schoen, Chris Wallace, Chris Stierwalt, and Juan Williams all insist that just every little old body is enthused to vote dem cause Kavanaugh and Trump sucks and white college aged women or something.”

Chris Wallace is one liberal puke that I can’t stand, he is Dana Perino without tits.


53 posted on 10/08/2018 12:26:23 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic is one stop shopping...It's the super Walmart for news.)
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To: Beagle8U

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>> “Chris Wallace is one liberal puke that I can’t stand, he is Dana Perino without tits.” <<

Amen!


54 posted on 10/08/2018 12:28:27 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Liberty7732

Excellent!


55 posted on 10/08/2018 12:31:56 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (If your church believes in evolution it is not a Christian church.)
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To: bicyclerepair

You were not alone. A contractor called into local DC radio show after the hearing and said he had 10 guys on his work site that had broken down in tearsafter Kavanaugh spoke.


56 posted on 10/08/2018 12:34:52 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: treetopsandroofs

“The Rats are wounded animals,”

Wounded animals are most dangerous.


57 posted on 10/08/2018 12:41:02 PM PDT by redfreedom
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To: laplata
McCain and Romney lost on purpose.

It sure seems that way now.

58 posted on 10/08/2018 12:42:08 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (If your church believes in evolution it is not a Christian church.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Beating the democrats this time around will only force them to go even more to the left. That works out for us in 2020.


59 posted on 10/08/2018 12:45:17 PM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I can’t wait to see him in his robe.


60 posted on 10/08/2018 12:46:27 PM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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