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BY BEN KAMISAR - 11/26/17 06:00 AM EST
Republicans head into the holiday season with a daunting number hanging over their heads 10.7 percent.
Democrats lead their Republican rivals by 10.7 percent on the generic congressional ballot, according to the most recent RealClearPolitics average of available polling data. That mark is the highest the RCPs average has gone since just before the 2010 elections, where Republicans netted 63 House seats.
Its a gloomy sign for Republicans, and one that dovetails with President Trumps sagging approval rating to boost Democratic optimism about taking the House and raises questions about whether Republicans will be able to take advantage of Democratic weakness on the Senate map. Its always stupid to make firm predictions in anything, whether it be politics or the Super Bowl. But it seems clear we are heading in a bad direction said former Republican National Committee spokesman Doug Heye.
What weve seen so far this year that the constant is massive Trump unpopularity, a growing unpopularity, and we are starting to see that electorally. Knowing theres never going to be a Donald Trump pivot in any sense, what would tell us that anything in this midterm is different?
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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/361571-dem-lead-in-generic-ballot-polls-worries-gop
Beakybird
(3,333 posts)How about opening up election databases so the Russians can do their magic?
dembotoz
(16,799 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)the amount of trolling and attempted cheating will be epic.