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In reply to the discussion: So, which candidate do you think that Obama could handily defeat...Romney, Gingrich, or Paul... [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Who would've claimed back in 2010 that Republicans would sweep the majority of state houses and legislatures, the U.S. House and gain seats in the U.S. Senate after the catastrophe twelve years of failed Republican policies and so-called hatred for Bush left behind? And yet . . .
So I really wouldn't know. But this is not a mid-term election with traditionally a lower turnout. My then nineteen year old daughter told me she was shocked to discover that the majority of her friends didn't even know there was an election! Now, with the presidential election, and voter turnout on presidential elections are generally nearly three times the size of mid-terms, I don't think the GOP will gain seats in the House. Everyone is saying - that includes Republicans - that the Democrats will win the House but might lose the Senate. I guess we'll have to wait and see.