The ways Democrats could retake the Senate majority, explained

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Vox

A once-narrow Senate map has dramatically expanded for Democrats this year, and Republicans have few options to expand their majority. Though some things have improved for the GOP since the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, they are still saddled with a controversial incumbent president at the top of their ticket and a turbulent and uncertain political climate.

“It will not be a news flash to say the Senate is very much in play,” Republican pollster Whit Ayres told Vox. “There are numerous Senate races that are essentially margin of error races right now.”

Many Republicans were in a full-blown panic in the spring and early summer months as the pandemic forced a once-booming US economy to shut down. Coronavirus cases are gradually declining, and the economy has started to recover over the summer — with the unemployment rate falling from 14.7 percent in April to 8.4 percent in August. Still, millions are out of work and new Covid outbreaks are popping up in Midwestern states as schools and colleges have begun to reopen.

National and battleground polling shows the presidential race between Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Donald Trump has largely remained stable over the past few months, with Biden maintaining a substantial lead in national polling and a smaller lead in key battleground states that could decide the election for the White House. With the virus still not under control and racial tensions boiling over in multiple cities, polling this summer has shown the vast majority of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction — a potentially worrying sign for Trump and the GOP.

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1. They (GOP) are worried about Texas

I have had two "personal" taped phone messages by HisDisHonor, and two obviously Republican Polls. Never before, in any year's elections have I received these.