Elections 2018 Midterms: Polls, predictions and results.

[cooks1]

Yes.

 

[SurferH2O]

Latest Frank Luntz Polls (He got Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio right in 2016) has both Republicans in Florida winning the Governorship and Senate. I think it's too close to call, but he has a damn good record.

 

[drstrangelov]

Hillary Clinton isn't on the ballot, Trump is the only one out there to hate...and the hate is strong. It's pretty obvious the Dems are going to do very well.

For the sake of a lot of people I know, I hope you’re right. I feel like the left has a lot more riding on this one, even if there’s a huge blue wave, the vocal people in the right still have Trump to provide comfort. If the democrats can’t take either legislative branch, the lefties are going to be devastated. I don’t know if the democrats have a platform beyond hating trump though, so it’s not like their winning really signals anything about the future aside from obstruction through 2020.

 

[cooks1]

That's what voting is for.

I, for one, hope de Santis beats him.

Wrong. Voting is where people get to decide.

@waiguoren is where you go to find out what the people are going to decide.

 

[cheez whiz]

2010 midterms: Obama's first midterm, resulting in Republicans taking +6 in the Senate and +63 in the House. If I was to make any prediction this midterm, which isn't easy to do, I'd say that the Dems will post a relatively pathetic +28 in the House, and actually go into the negative in the Senate, losing two seats.

 

[ChristmasFnatic]

I have a feeling the Republicans will keep the senate by 5 seats, despite it being midterms(opposing party of president wins).

 

[Sano]

For the sake of a lot of people I know, I hope you’re right. I feel like the left has a lot more riding on this one, even if there’s a huge blue wave, the vocal people in the right still have Trump to provide comfort. If the democrats can’t take either legislative branch, the lefties are going to be devastated. I don’t know if the democrats have a platform beyond hating trump though, so it’s not like their winning really signals anything about the future aside from obstruction through 2020.

I think almost 50% of democrats are running on a single payer system. Besides that, there's a lot of justice democrats running on tuition free college, increasing minimum wage, closing tax loopholes, environment regulations, reintroducing glass-steagall, ending the war on cannabis and more. There's some very good platforms out there.

 

[zebby23]

Latest Frank Luntz Polls (He got Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio right in 2016) has both Republicans in Florida winning the Governorship and Senate. I think it's too close to call, but he has a damn good record.

Lol ok man

 

[zebby23]

What/who will the Democrats blame if it doesn't turn out well for them. My guesses.

1. Russians
2. Racist Republicans
3. Its too hard to vote

Yes and I’m sure if the Dems win the house Trump will just accept the results and move on right? Lol

 

[drstrangelov]

I think almost 50% of democrats are running on a single payer system. Besides that, there's a lot of justice democrats running on tuition free college, increasing minimum wage, closing tax loopholes, environment regulations, reintroducing glass-steagall, ending the war on cannabis and more. There's some very good platforms out there.

Are they running on actually implementing any of these policies? I can’t imagine any of these candidate holding themselves accountable for executing any of the high minded ideas they’re presenting on the trail, to me they fall short of platform points for that reason.

 

[glenwo2]

If The Dems keep the House, I won't be angry.

Just disappointed.

Disappointed while knowing that any forward progress we've had with Trump will come to a screeching halt as the Dems will filibuster everything to death going forward so long as Trump is President.

 

[glenwo2]

Wrong. Voting is where people get to decide.

@waiguoren is where you go to find out what the people are going to decide.

Voting is what we're focused on here, NOT Wishful thinking on either side.

 

[glenwo2]

For the sake of a lot of people I know, I hope you’re right. I feel like the left has a lot more riding on this one, even if there’s a huge blue wave, the vocal people in the right still have Trump to provide comfort. If the democrats can’t take either legislative branch, the lefties are going to be devastated. I don’t know if the democrats have a platform beyond hating trump though, so it’s not like their winning really signals anything about the future aside from obstruction through 2020.

Which makes it mind-boggling how people out there can vote for THAT and for them.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is for real.

 

[ScottE]

Are they running on actually implementing any of these policies? I can’t imagine any of these candidate holding themselves accountable for executing any of the high minded ideas they’re presenting on the trail, to me they fall short of platform points for that reason.

Still would put them significantly ahead of on platform points the the Republicans who are actually campaigning on the opposite 9f their own voting records and enacted platforms.

 

[glenwo2]

2010 midterms: Obama's first midterm, resulting in Republicans taking +6 in the Senate and +63 in the House. If I was to make any prediction this midterm, which isn't easy to do, I'd say that the Dems will post a relatively pathetic +28 in the House, and actually go into the negative in the Senate, losing two seats.

Considering they need a net of 23, it's not really all that pathetic at all for them.

Remember...they don't say HOW, they say HOW MANY.

 

[Sano]

Are they running on actually implementing any of these policies? I can’t imagine any of these candidate holding themselves accountable for executing any of the high minded ideas they’re presenting on the trail, to me they fall short of platform points for that reason.

Some of them are yes. There's a lot of new blood coming up that's anti establishment and many of them are not taking any money from superpacks and big corperations. Single payer is something that even the establishment democrats are running on because of the pressure from the justice democrats taking over. That's something I actually think has a legitimate chance to go through at some point. The majority of Americans support a single payer system according to polls. Also, with the explosion in student debt (1,5 trillion this year), tuition free college will soon be a populist issue. Raising the minimum wage has already been happening in a few states, and with the Stop Bezo act from Bernie and co is shows that big business can be pressured into raising the minimum wage. It would save the government money as they wouldn't have to subsidise big corperations with foodstamps and social welfare.

 

[drstrangelov]

Which makes it mind-boggling how people out there can vote for THAT and for them.

Trump Derangement Syndrome is for real.

I don’t know, the tea party movement really wasn’t anything more than Obama buyer’s remorse either. Certainly the 2012 republican campaign was purely oppositional. It’s hardly unheard of. I’ve never voted on those grounds either, but tens of millions have, just in the last decade.

 

[drstrangelov]

Some of them are yes. There's a lot of new blood coming up that's anti establishment and many of them are not taking any money from superpacks and big corperations. Single payer is something that even the establishment democrats are running on because of the pressure from the justice democrats taking over. That's something I actually think has a legitimate chance to go through at some point. The majority of Americans support a single payer system according to polls. Also, with the explosion in student debt (1,5 trillion this year), tuition free college will soon be a populist issue.

Well, thats good. Hopefully they come away from this cycle with a clearer vision for 2020. I’d prefer a coherent platform I disagree with to one of pure opposition.

 

[cheez whiz]

Considering they need a net of 23, it's not really all that pathetic at all for them.

Remember...they don't say HOW, they say HOW MANY.

They won't be able to do anything significant with just a narrow majority in the House, except to be Trump's scapegoat and the key to his reelection. So yeah, it will be pathetic.

 

[Sano]

Well, thats good. Hopefully they come away from this cycle with a clearer vision for 2020. I’d prefer a coherent platform I disagree with to one of pure opposition.

It's been brewing for a while now. A lot of independents turning democrats as well. People are tired of the establishment and the corperatism. Lots of good politics coming up.