Slim margins are what they want. They're fine with this. Democratic party is just controlled opposition and nothing will change if they come into power.
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Three thoughts:
- A 3-4 point "slim" lead is absurd as we watch Trump light the country, our savings, and future generations' financial stability on fire.
- I don't pretend to know what will happen this fall but "disappointed" seems like the correct left-leaning calibration since 2016.
- I am so sick of right-biased political minority rule in this country. Since 2000 have we at any time had a presidency, senate, and House that were all controlled by the party that got the most votes in a given election?
- Dems swept in, riding Obama's coattails and the Great Financial Collapse.
Ah, thank you.
On June 15, CNN's Harry Enten warned that several high-quality polls show Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot by only about 3 points, short of the benchmark set in past wave years.
This matters because Republican-led redistricting has tilted the House map, so Democrats need a clear 3- to 4-point national edge just to win back the chamber.
Considering most of the high-quality polls taken a few weeks ago all showed a drubbing for Rs in November, down nearly 8 points, I wonder what caused the huge shift in such a short time.
Edit: Just checked a HQ poll from almost literally a month ago. It had Dems up +11. WTF happened to cause an 8 point swing? These smaller lead polls would've had to have been done during the war, so I can't imagine that any temporary buff at the war's "ending" factors into it.
Ellison bought CNN, and even if it isn't a full-fledged member of the Conservative Propaganda Machine YET, it should now be considered unreliable and untrustworthy.
Wait for how bad it'll be when Vance pivots to antizionism. Schumer needs to go after the midterms either way