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US elections: Democrats remain favored but Trump has pushed back
The Economic Times ^ | October 21, 2018 | Agence France Presse

Posted on 10/20/2018 11:44:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

With key US elections just over two weeks away, polls suggest the anticipated "blue wave" of Democratic voters might not be as powerful as it had seemed just a few months ago.

Democrats, while still favored overall, have been unable to build a decisive edge over Donald Trump's Republicans, meaning that the president might avoid the severe electoral slap-down the opposition party had hoped to inflict.

Republicans have controlled Washington politics since the 2016 election....

(Excerpt) Read more at economictimes.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: democrats; trump

1 posted on 10/20/2018 11:44:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Slapdown?

They wanna see a slapdown?


2 posted on 10/21/2018 12:01:54 AM PDT by EasySt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
.....and this gem:

the Democrats have aroused their base. For months this and expectations of a high voter turnout has led many to believe the party will at least retake the House.

All the data on requests for postal votes etc... now show the Repubs up and the Dims lower than 2014/2016.

3 posted on 10/21/2018 12:05:04 AM PDT by spokeshave2 (The Paradigm has shifted...the New World Order is Trumpian.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only place the democRat party is favored is in the MSM and the ivory towers of academia.


4 posted on 10/21/2018 12:21:23 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "In the meantime, I'm president and you're not!")
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To: Fresh Wind

Oh, I forgot to mention Hollyweird. Sorry.


5 posted on 10/21/2018 12:22:10 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "In the meantime, I'm president and you're not!")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Democrats may be favored by the French leftists/socialists, but like the average French person, the average American is going for Trump.

The French remember (at least some of them or those who have heard stories or read history books), what it was like to be occupied/subjugated by a “superior” force/country, ideological or religious.

There may yet have to be another Charles “The Hammer” Martel to save what is left of France.


6 posted on 10/21/2018 12:59:02 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
"The only place the democRat party is favored is in the MSM and the ivory towers of academia. And HollyWeird as you added."

Just hopin' and a prayin' they are. but being Godless socialists their prayers will go unanswered.

The DemonRats have no agenda except to attack our President and the citizens who voted for and support him. They are anti-American and lust for power and money only, not the good of the citizenry. Leave them with their indoctrinated minions who will follow them blindly: they are lost souls.

Vote R everywhere and Make America Great Again!

7 posted on 10/21/2018 1:15:05 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of course the Dhims are favored! Favored by their minsters of propaganda!


8 posted on 10/21/2018 1:27:42 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think that the recent canard of “suburban college educated white women” bailing out on the Republicans was a feint to try to convince them that all the other girls were doing it so they should too.

Hopefully it won’t work.


9 posted on 10/21/2018 1:32:35 AM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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And...pray tell......where are all the adoring Democrat crowds, listening attentively to their leaders?

Democrat dead weight like Obama, Schumer, Pelosi are among the sorry leaders Democrat voters have as their (gag) lodestars to victory.


10 posted on 10/21/2018 1:53:42 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Only ¡YEB! can defeat Hillary.
Donald Trump will never be the Republican nominee.When voters refuse to stay home, Democrats can't rig elections.
11 posted on 10/21/2018 2:29:21 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The blue wave never existed. It was a fabrication of statistics by leftists in the media.

Now, it is very possible demo_rats will pick up seats. This is normal. However, it will not be like when the Republicans gained 52 seats in 1994. Also, it looks like the Republicans will gain seats in the Senate. If that happens, there was never a blue wave. These articles are simply information warfare against you.

Please support your local campaigns, send them money and vote. Thank you.

JoMa


12 posted on 10/21/2018 3:12:44 AM PDT by joma89
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Love it when these “economic” rags get involved....ironic how many back those who will destroy the markets over time.


13 posted on 10/21/2018 3:48:28 AM PDT by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only place the Democrats are favored is in the mind of liberals and the MSM. They are like Hitler in the last days of the war in the bunker sending non-existent divisions into combat to engage the rampaging Allied hordes closing in on them.


14 posted on 10/21/2018 4:51:26 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Demonrats remain cheaters.


15 posted on 10/21/2018 5:59:27 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes of course Democrats are favored! The surge in Republican enthusiasm? - means nothing - the roaring economy? - means nothing - the red wave of early voting? - means nothing - the Hispanic Shift? - means nothing - the African American support for Trump transferring to Republican candidates? - means nothing - independents supporting Republicans 42/36 (as per NYT but that’s low)? - means nothing - the savage treatment of Justice Kavanaugh? - means nothing.
Huge registration shifts to Republican is many states? Means nothing.

Anger over the caravan? well you get the picture.


16 posted on 10/21/2018 6:03:49 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberal is lies.)
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To: Sa-teef

Never underestimate the power of pure hatred.

I don’t want to see everyone here on FR get all Pollyannaish for November. Maybe it is just the area I live in, but from what I see is that there are a LOT of people ready to vote Rat in November ... even thought it is against their interest especially in the area of finance and freedoms.

I hope the other parts of the country are going to see the Rats as the neo-Marxist that they are ... but that ain’t happening here in NH and especially Mass.

Don’t get to overly optimistic.


17 posted on 10/21/2018 6:12:03 AM PDT by CapnJack
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

(((YAWN)))


18 posted on 10/21/2018 6:46:47 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: CapnJack
You live in democRAT country and it looks to you like a "LOT" of people are ready to vote for them in November?

In the northeast, the democRATS always vote for the democRATS.

You're a conservative minnow in a pond of liberal sharks.

Doesn't make it a blue wave however.

19 posted on 10/21/2018 11:42:23 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dems are favored?? Really? A few weeks ago, the media said it will be a blue wave...What happened??


20 posted on 10/21/2018 4:40:49 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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