Dems target small cluster of states in battle for House

[mystery-ak]

Dems target small cluster of states in battle for House
By Reid Wilson - 10/16/18 06:00 AM EDT

The Democratic Party’s chances of recapturing the House of Representatives are increasingly centered on a relatively small number of states where an outsized number of battleground districts will decide who wields the speaker’s gavel for the next two years.
 
Three weeks before Election Day, both parties and their supportive outside groups are spending tens of millions of dollars on clusters of House districts in states like Pennsylvania, where eight districts are in play, and California, where at least seven districts are competitive.
 
Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Virginia have four competitive races each.
 
Democrats need to reclaim 23 seats to win control of the House of Representatives. Republican strategists concede that as many as a dozen seats they hold in states like Iowa, Arizona and Colorado are already likely to fall to Democrats.
 
That means Democrats would have to win fewer than half the 34 Republican-held swing seats in those seven cluster states in order to win back control of the House.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/411520-dems-target-small-cluster-of-states-in-battle-for-house

[catfish1957]

Dems target small cluster of states in battle for House
By Reid Wilson - 10/16/18 06:00 AM EDT

Translated meaning the blue wave has subsided to a trickle, and they realize at best that they might just eek out winning the House.

This is a good sign folks.

[edpc]

Translated meaning the blue wave has subsided to a trickle, and they realize at best that they might just eek out winning the House.

This is a good sign folks.

Yes and no.  The fact it will not be a big wave would only be encouraging, if the seats were in normally blue areas.   It becomes a problem, if they start losing seats in middle America.  If the House is lost, you can expect two years of investigations and tax record subpoenas.  Not much will change from the legislative side.  You won’t see much, if anything, get passed, but not much did with the majority.  Forget about the wall until at least 2021.

[ConstitutionRose]

“You’re looking at the states that tend to have a lot of congressional districts and larger populations, and therefore more opportunities to pick up seats,” Nevins said. “You fish where the fish are.”

This is the part that worries me some.  The high density population areas tend to vote D.

[Free Vulcan]

This pretty much says that despite all their money, there's not only no Blue Wave, but the Dems can't even compete nationally. This is a more or less admitted tactical withdrawal to salvage some kind of victory out of defeat.

[thackney]