Posted on 10/12/2018 9:41:51 AM PDT by SMGFan
Senate results in midterms crucial for GOP and Democratic prospects in 2020
ANALYSIS | The Democrats’ chances of netting at least two Senate seats always seemed like a long shot. But a month ago, the stars looked to be aligning for Democrats. Today, those stars tell a different story.
With Republican challenger Kevin Cramer opening up a clear margin over incumbent Heidi Heitkamp, the North Dakota Senate race looks all but over now, according to multiple insiders. That means Democrats will need to swipe at least three GOP seats to take back the Senate — an outcome that currently appears somewhere between unlikely and impossible.
Democratic prospects have also faded over the past couple of weeks in two important states, Tennessee and Arizona. And in Nevada, a state that went for Hillary Clinton two years ago, Republican incumbent Dean Heller is running even or slightly ahead of Democratic challenger Jacky Rosen. In Texas, where Democratic enthusiasm for Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke is off the charts, incumbent Ted Cruz continues to hold a clear and consistent advantage, with no sign that Lone Star state voters are going to fire him.
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I’m not buying it. No one wants so see Speaker Pelosi.
The economy is going great. Republicans are going to pick up seats in both the House and Senate.
And with tight races in Montana, Missouri, Indiana, and Florida, Democrats have to win all four of those to even have a chance.
NEVER VOTE FOR ANY DEMOCRAT....EVER!!
I’m feeling good about the Senate, but I think we’re going to lose the House..
That’s laughable!
There is no way that the Democrats can win the House.
the House looks almost guaranteed to flip to the Democrats next month.
Which is the same Roll Call and their phony pollsters said about Trump's chance of beating Hillary.
The reality is that Republicans at least a 50-50 chance of holding the House.
There are 35 tossup seats up for grabs. The Democrats would need to win every tossup race to flip the house. Not gonna happen!
See LS..ignore the rest
The Left going down to defeat would be great.
No need to wait.
It won’t happen, the Republicans will gain a dozen or two seats in the House.
Last I saw, the house seats were trending GOP.
I have not seen a good case yet wherein the enthusiasm that has buoyed the GOP’s Senate chances is not transferring to the House races.
“Republicans are going to pick up seats in both the House and Senate.”
I’ll take this opportunity to say I disagree, and believe Republicans will lose House seats. Maybe enough to flip control, maybe not.
But I won’t argue the point.
I guarantee you that the district Shalala is running in was considered a sure-fire Dem seat, but she’s behind as of now. I wonder if there are any others like this?
Rasmussen Reports 10.10.2018
“With less than a month to Election Day, the Generic Congressional Ballot is now dead even.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey finds that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters would choose the Democratic candidate if the elections for Congress were held today. Another 45% would opt for the Republican. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are undecided.”
If this is accurate and holds, the Dims will not regain control of the House.
The toss-up Senate seats have now all shifted Republican post-Kav. I wonder if the same thing is happening in the House.
Let me get this straight. Currently, in the HOUSE, the GOP has 238 and the Dimms have 197. This Dude is predicting that the Dimms are going to win 42 seats?
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