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General Category => Midterm Elections 2022 => Topic started by: mystery-ak on May 30, 2022, 01:25:14 pm
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Axios Report: Midterm Outlook ‘Bleak’ for House Democrats
Paul Bois 30 May 2022
House Democrats have such a bleak outlook for the upcoming midterms even districts President Joe Biden won by up to 15 points are in danger of flipping red, according to a report from Axios.
Citing the Cook Political Report that predicts Republicans will gain a net 20 to 35 seats in the midterm, shifting 10 races in favor of Republicans while only two in favor of Democrats, Axios concluded that Democrats have “bleak” prospects for this November. Per the report:
23 House Democrats have announced they won’t seek re-election, compared to just 11 Republicans.
President Biden’s approval has been hovering in the low 40s for several months, with inflation driving down his popularity.
Polling shows Republicans are winning the generic congressional ballot by an average of 1.9 points — and they have still room to grow.
Cook’s U.S. House editor Dave Wasserman said the most competitive races will be in states like New York, Michigan, Arizona, and California, states where “a court or commission drew a congressional map as opposed to a partisan one.”
“That’s where you’re going to see a lot of money spent,” Wasserman told Axios.
Wasserman referred to states with tight races and no competitive statewide election (as in Georgia) to drive turnout as “orphan states” that will be especially vulnerable come November.
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/30/axios-report-midterm-outlook-bleak-for-house-democrats/