North Carolina’s special election is great news for Trump’s reelection chances

The Washington Post ^ | September 11, 2019 | Henry Olsen

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Republican Dan Bishop’s narrow win in Tuesday’s redo election in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District isn’t just good news for House Republicans. Despite Bishop’s small, two-percentage-point margin of victory, it’s a rare bit of positive news for President Trump’s reelection chances.

It’s no secret that Trump had a bad August. His job approval rating has slumped to only 43.1 percent in Wednesday’s RealClearPolitics average, about two points down from mid-July. Polls generally show him trailing Democratic front-runner Joe Biden by more than 10 percentage points, and they show him behind other potential nominees such as Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) by smaller margins. Numbers like these caused many pundits to think the 9th District’s Democratic nominee Dan McCready could pull off a win in a seat Trump carried by 12 percentage points in 2016.

Bishop’s win shows that Trump’s appeal to his voters remains strong even as his ratings are in a slump. Bishop received 50.7 percent, only a few percentage points below Trump’s 54.4 percent from 2016. Moreover, past patterns from congressional special elections during the Trump era suggest that Democrats, who obviously detest the president, are likelier to turn out than Republicans in these lower-profile races. That’s what happened in the demographically similar race in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District in 2018. Republican Troy Balderson captured only 50.1 percent in his special election win but increased that to 51.4 percent when he ran against the same Democratic opponent in November’s general election.

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If Hillary was President:

The DJ average would be at 15000. (The media is ecstatic)

GDP ist 1% (The media is ecstatic)

. Unemployment is at 6%. (The media is ecstatic)

10 million refugees have crossed the border. (The media is ecstatic)

We have a trillion dollar China deficit. (The media is ecstatic)

We have a grave yard of tankers in the Straight of Hormuz.(The media is ecstatic)

ANTIFA reigning in every Democrat city.

(The media is ecstatic)

The deep state is quiet.(The media is ecstatic)

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Remember, the Washington Post liars write to impress each other. Giving its readers facts or an interesting article is secondary.

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Meanwhile, ABC World “News” Tonight didn’t mention North Carolina once.

Gee, I wonder why.