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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***Reuters/Ipsos Poll Update shows gigantic blue wave-Dems have massive 13 point edge! 46-34!**
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-generic-ballot-polls/Good riddance, GOP evildoers!
Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)LBM20
(1,580 posts)I think the message should be HIGHER WAGES AND GOOD HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE! (These are the two biggest issues that work for us. (Others could be: MAKE AMERICA SANE AGAIN! or A GOVERNMENT THAT BELONGS TO ALL OF US! or RECLAIMING AMERICA FOR THE MAJORITY! or FIGHTING FOR AMERICA'S WORKING FAMILIES!)
Whatever it is, it needs to be short, clear, strong, and compelling. Not just some bland crappy thing like "A BETTER DEAL." My god that SUCKS!
I like HIGHER WAGES AND GOOD HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE EVERYWHERE! All Democrats, progressive or centrist, can agree to it. It gives voters something tangible for their vote. And they are our two biggest issues. We win on healthcare and on the economy when we talk about higher wages. Too many people are working multiple low wage jobs.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)We're going to have to do whatever it takes to get massive turnuot.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)November 8, 2016. There is NEVER too many votes, let's bury the assholes. Take this country back to sanity.
coti
(4,612 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,613 posts)ggmac0427
(38 posts)It's easy to sit on your rear end and tell someone how you're GOING TO vote, another thing to actually get out there and do it.
FirstLight
(13,364 posts)It's how they get us to slack off and then we get run over by them....
NewsCenter28
(1,835 posts)But I am supremely confident it is a Dem House majorirty come November!
FirstLight
(13,364 posts)as my Grandma said "Hope for the Best, but Prepare for the Worst"
my hope is tempered with the knowledge that this corrupt Govt is beyond what we are capable for imagining...
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)Besides, thats just one poll the 538 rolling average has us up by a little under 9%. And its estimated that gerrymandering gives Republicans a baked-in 8% advantage, so we're just barely above that.
sandensea
(21,665 posts)Hillary herself said it best: We have to run like we're 10 points behind.
And she wasn't kidding (when does she!).
KansasKali
(105 posts)I think he forgot to do that in 2016.
sandensea
(21,665 posts)That, I think, is what that bevy of GOP senators was doing in Moscow the other day: They were there to get Putin's personal assurance that his hackskis would steal the 2018 midterms for them.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)radius777
(3,635 posts)and I hope Dems are ready for it this time.
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
The Russians worked overtime in the 2017 French election to destroy Macron and get Le Pen elected. It failed however, as the French are an informed and savvy electorate who saw through it.
Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)And remember the GOP/Russian operative telling you Democrats suck ....even here...are working for the other side. Disregard every word they write, tweet or say.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)on the GCB is enough to make Republican gerrymandering actually work in Democrats' favor. If we actually maintain 13% through November and that is reflected in the votes, it's definite Senate and House flip territory.
Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)blue-wave
(4,363 posts)nice and pleasing to see, but I'm going to be a spoiler here.
We did this in the last election. Most polls showed Hillary winning up to election day. And what happened? I think we all know. Stop rejoicing at poll numbers and get out there and register voters, work a precinct or a Democratic call center. And oh, if you have the means donate. But do not become overconfident until the returns come in on election night. Republicans literally take politics as a form of war. We should too.
Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)Democrats the dangers of message voting and how the parties are not the same...in this case, the courts will do it. In order to stop Trump judges, we need the Senate a spread like this means we have a shot...double down and work very hard. we can do this...fired up and ready to go.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)The individual races matter more.
We must make a net gain of 2 senate seats. Otherwise McTurtle is at the helm again.
I'm getting concerned about Florida and Missouri.
Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)courts. This is why I am against primarying sitting Dems...spend the money on the Senate.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Nearly all Senate seats up for re-election are solid red.
So Repubs are going to control the Senate until at least 2022 if we don't take it back in November.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)flying-skeleton
(698 posts)......... if people don't bother to show up to vote !!!!!!!
Hekate
(90,796 posts)There's a heavy hand on the far-right side of the scales these days.
GOTV. Keep working.
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,801 posts)Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)Demsrule86
(68,675 posts)appointment. But when the Senate is in play. and that is a fight we have a chance to win...some are not enthusiastic or optimistic-this could stop Trump's judges and evil policy cold.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)since real campaigning doesn;t start until after Labor Day, this number looks good
Meadowoak
(5,559 posts)Meadowoak
(5,559 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)A sock with a piece of coal in it?
dalton99a
(81,590 posts)mcar
(42,373 posts)kimbutgar
(21,192 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Dont let up on the damned GOP!
Lets make the blue wave a tsunami this fall!!
House and Senate!!