Midterm results should be a warning to Republicans, says polling editor

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Morning Consult polling editor Cameron Easley said in an interview that aired Tuesday on Hill.TV's "What America's Thinking" that Republican turnout in the 2018 midterms should be a warning sign to Trump and the GOP in 2020.

Easley said it could be "alarming" to the GOP that, despite having high turnout in November's midterm elections, the party did not eke out more victories.

"I think it is potentially alarming for Republicans that their own side turned out this well in a midterm, and they still suffered the number of losses that they did in the House," Easley told Hill.TV's Joe Concha on Monday.

Midterm turnout proved to be high on both sides in last month's midterms with 47.4 million Republicans and 51.7 million Democrats, according to results from The Washington Post taken two days after election day.

Still, high turnout was not enough to combat Democratic comebacks in historically blue states went for President Trump in 2016.

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/420839-midterm-results-should-be-a-warning-to-republicans-says-polling

[bearsfootball516]

1. They should be, but from what I've seen on conservative boards, it isn't.

It's all "Oh, it wasn't a blue wave" and "It was a fluke"

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. I say let them persist in their delusion

Whatever helps them get through the night. Plus, maybe it will mean that they won't be uber motivated to GOTV in 2020.

[John Fante]

5. If a caravan thousands of miles away was enough to motivate

them, I don't see them losing enthusiasm for 2020. Only a recession or massive foreign policy blunder would damper their spirits, and Gump would get 63 million votes even in that scenario.

Thr problem for them is they're objectively the smaller of the two parties, and if Democrats are equally enthused, it doesn't matter what the Pukes do. They'll lose.

[John Fante]

3. House Republicans improved their

vote total from 2014 by 22% - nearly 51 million votes. Those numbers are so good, they would have been more than enough to retain the house most years. 2018 wasn't most years.

The Democrats' haul (60.6 millions votes, a 41% improvement from 2014), is one of the most jaw-dropping numbers in the history of American politics. I still can't wrap my mind around it.

[dalton99a]

4. Nonsense. They did great, and shouldn't make any changes.

Keep sailing with the great captain at the helm