if you still feel optimistic about next week, why?

[DarthDem]

15. Polls are garbage, etc, etc.

First you have the phony flood-the-narrative polls emitted by GOP propaganda arms. Then you have more mainstream polls herding to be in accordance with the phony polls (just as the propounders of the latter intend). Then the GOP candidates are largely terrible. Then there's the KS, AK, and NY-19 elections, all mispolled. Then there's the lack of quality House polling. Then, after all that, these horrible pollsters (fraudulent or just inept) still aren't showing anything close to a Republican wave. In 2010 the polls were unremitting and dire. That's not the case now. Finally, early voting looks good and many Dems (like Mandela Barnes and Catherine Cortez Masto) have momentum.

Many, many reasons for optimism exist. Take heart!