Concern is warranted.
Too many dumbasses here didn't see this coming, didn't think we'd lose the House and poo-poohed all the polls. "Don't believe the polls! They all said Hillary would win!"
Well, looks like the polls were right (as they were in 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008...)
So, yeah, a little CONCERN might be helpful right now seeing how we got our asses kicked.
And we can blame some losses on vote fraud (which is kinda pointless seeing how we're not going to do anything about it) but we can't blame everything on vote fraud. Democrats made some legitimate gains into Trump's territory.
Democrats learned some lessons in 2016, applied what they learned this time around, and seriously upped their game.
At this point, President Trump's re-election is not guaranteed. Not by a long shot. We need to be concerned.
The polls were absolutely HORRIBLE in many of the Senate races.
FOX News 10/27 - 10/30 722 LV 3.5 45 38 5 Donnelly +7
St. Pete Polls 11/3 - 11/4 3088 LV 1.8 50 46 Nelson +4
Emerson 11/1 - 11/3 748 LV 3.7 50 45 Nelson +5
Quinnipiac 10/29 - 11/4 1142 LV 3.5 51 44 Nelson +7
NBC News/Marist 10/30 - 11/1 600 LV 5.2 47 50 McCaskill +3
CNN 10/24 - 10/29 764 LV 4.3 49 45 Blackburn +4
East Tennessee State University 10/22 - 10/29 495 LV 4.4 44 44 Tie
St. Pete Polls 11/3 - 11/4 3088 LV 1.8 50 45 Gillum +5
Emerson 11/1 - 11/3 748 LV 3.7 51 46 Gillum +5
HarrisX 10/29 - 11/4 1400 LV 2.6 49 45 Gillum +4
Quinnipiac 10/29 - 11/4 1142 LV 3.5 50 43 Gillum +7
You don’t pick up 2 seats in a first Midterm if you are “getting your asses kicked.”
You love to be “concerned” and pretend that the sky is falling, but this really was pretty normal for a midterm election.
Reagan lost House AND Senate seats in his first midterm, and then went on to win 525 electoral votes 2 years later.
Trumps approval is actually slightly better than Reagan’s was at this same point in his presidency.
It’s one thing to be prepared to fight. It’s another to concern troll because you want to be eeyore.