[Red Badger]

[FlipWilson]

I still say that if the GOP rolls in the Senate races they will not lose the House.

[cuban leaf]

If the R’s keep both houses or, heaven forbid, even pick up streets, I would not want to be in downtown Portland that night.

[Cowboy Bob]

By pretending the Democrat is leading (in the polls), and then show support dropping off as the election nears (to establish poll credibility), the Democrats are really screwing up.

The race, which in all probability had been close, now looks like support for the Democrat candidate is imploding, support collapsing. This has the effect of further damaging the Democrat candidate. Nobody likes a loser, so many of the Democrat voters will stay home, rather than vote for a loser.

Result - a Republican blowout.

[fortheDeclaration]

Still, Democrats do have more advantages in the House races. It’s more likely that they’ll emerge with a narrow majority than Republicans holding onto theirs, but the latter seems more likely than it did two months ago. In no way will this result in a mandate in either direction, but either result might end up making it impossible to move legislation for the next two years.

This guy is a complete idiot! If the GOP holds the House and picks up Senate Seats, the Democrats will be powerless to stop the Trump agenda!

[Mariner]

I simply don’t buy the popular meme that Democrat voters have abandoned their proven history of not showing up for the mid terms.

They express a higher level of interest, and an intent to vote.

But, they never get around to it.

It’s who they are, and have always been.

Sure, there’s a fringe of committed Democrats that are more energized. But they get only one ballot. And the increase in enthusiasm in the suburbs leans toward Republicans in existing Red districts.

When it’s all said and done, the R will win by a higher percentage, and the D will win by a higher percentage.

But very little will actually change.

If there’s a shift of 24 seats either way, I’ll eat my hat and not shower for a week.

[jimmygrace]

The local news in Boise said that the early voting was way ahead of 2014 with two weeks to go. Idaho is a very red state, and there is really no compelling issue in this cycle- a governors’ race (whose power is limited via balanced budget requirement) and horse racing. I wonder if this can be used as an indicator of voter enthusiasm. What about the early voting in deep blue states? Are they ahead of history, or meh?

[Sparticus]

For example, the president’s white, non-college educated, mostly male supporters now give him a 65 percent approval rating, according to the WSJ/NBC numbers, compared to 64 percent of the 2016 vote. Today, white college voters give Trump a 38 percent approval rating; and in 2016, they gave him 38 percent of the vote

The biggest takeaway for me from this article is that we need to stop subsidizing "stupid studies" college degrees. Too much indoctrination going on out there. No more Pell Grants or federally subsidized student loans for "Anthropology", "Racial Justice Studies", or "American Indian Environmental Studies" programs. Too many kids wasting time in college with only brain washing and debt to show for it.