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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,936 posts)
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 01:14 AM Nov 2017

Voters favor Democrats over Republicans in 2018 House midterms by widest margin in years

Source: Washington Post

Voters say they prefer Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives over Republicans by the widest margin in over a decade, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll — a fresh sign of trouble for the GOP majority one year before the midterm elections.

But Democrats’ effort to convert widespread disapproval of President Trump into victories in 2018 could be undercut by lower turnout, with Republicans expressing just as much motivation to vote in next year’s elections.

A slim 51 percent majority of registered voters say that if the election were held today, they would vote for or lean toward the Democratic candidate in their congressional district, while 40 percent say they would choose the Republican.

That’s the biggest spread in a Post-ABC survey since October 2006, just weeks before a midterm in which Democrats won back control of the House and Senate amid deep dissatisfaction with then-President George W. Bush and the Iraq War.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/post-abc-poll-voters-favor-democrats-over-republicans-in-2018-house-midterms-by-widest-margin-in-years/2017/11/05/b3b2f620-bf4d-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html?utm_term=.77b635c443ee&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

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Voters favor Democrats over Republicans in 2018 House midterms by widest margin in years (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2017 OP
Not gonna hold my breath on this "wish" Hulk Nov 2017 #1
yeah, voters favored Clinton over Trump also. Hard to beat a rigged election. olddad56 Nov 2017 #2
I'm going to buck the trend around here and put some support where it's needed. No sniveling NBachers Nov 2017 #3
Sounds like a great idea. SergeStorms Nov 2017 #4
It's really up to us - each and every one of us, isn't it? NBachers Nov 2017 #5
 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
1. Not gonna hold my breath on this "wish"
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 02:06 AM
Nov 2017

I am so worn out on these optimistic predictions that NEVER come to pass. Sorry...too old and tired for this game. We'll be lucky if we can turn the Senate. Turning the House is a pipe dream. Hell...I'm even somewhat pessimistic to believe this country is just dumb enough to re-elect this con artist piece of shit back into the White House...and that will be the final flush of the toilet for me.

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