Poll: Do you feel optimistic for increased Democratic seats in 2014 ?

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9. A year is an enternity in politics, but I don't think the Dem brand is in good shape.

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I agree a lot depends on how Obamacare actually works, or doesn't, for most people. But there are other issues as well. If it is a cluster **** like some predict, or an increased burden on most, I think repubs have a cake walk. However, even a mediocre feeling among voters over the ACA next year wouldn't negate that. There are many factors, one being that it is an off-year election. The last off-year election saw Dems take some big hits. We lost the House, for example. The economy will be, as always, a big issue.

Basically, I see 2014 as a referendum on the party in power, and this time it's us. If likely voters are happy with the way things are going, then it is good for Dems. If not, then repubs make gains, maybe big gains.

Too early to tell, but I think optimism at this point would be way premature.