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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,985 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 03:06 PM Jun 2020

Democrats move within striking range of taking the Senate, forecasts say

WASHINGTON — The Senate landscape has improved so much for Democrats that top party operatives are calling and texting one another to say they wish the election were held today.

Election Day is still five months away, but recent polls, fundraising deficits and other problems for Republican incumbents have diminished their prospects and opened up several possible avenues for Democrats to take control of the chamber.

"I would rather be the Democrats than Republicans right now," said Jessica Taylor, the Senate editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election forecaster. "Democrats have expanded the map and put Republicans on defense even in some very red states."

The stakes are enormous for the legislative agenda of the next president — a re-elected Donald Trump or apparent Democratic nominee Joe Biden, who leads in national polls and most swing states — as well as the future of the courts. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the leader of the liberal wing, turns 88 next year, and the next Senate might get to confirm her successor.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/democrats-move-within-striking-range-of-taking-the-senate-forecasts-say/ar-BB157DAh?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=hplocalnews

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Democrats move within striking range of taking the Senate, forecasts say (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
It's heartening but nerve wracking soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
AZ, CO, ME... dawg day Jun 2020 #2
Maybe it's not :) lunasun Jun 2020 #5
Every time Graham does his Trump licking... dawg day Jun 2020 #6
I see it coming . Graham chained himself to loser trump. They go down together 2020 lunasun Jun 2020 #7
GOTV!! 🌊 lunasun Jun 2020 #3
We have to do.. Get rid of moscosmitch & lindsay graham for Cha Jun 2020 #4

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
5. Maybe it's not :)
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 05:21 PM
Jun 2020
https://abcnews4.com/news/local/new-poll-shows-lindsey-graham-jaime-harrison-tied-for-us-senate-seat

Additionally, the poll said that 56 percent of the voters had an unfavorable view of Graham, with 35 percent viewing him favorably. It also had Harrison as a 18-point favorite among independent voters by 46 to 28 percent.

Civiqs is an online polling and data analytics company. According to their methodology for the poll, they polled 591 registered South Carolina voters from May 23-26

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/south-carolina-senate-harrison-graham/612199/

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dawg day

(7,947 posts)
6. Every time Graham does his Trump licking...
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 06:40 PM
Jun 2020

I give to Harrison. I hope jaime wins... it would be amazing.

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