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Blue Wave? Anxious Republicans Keep...Gaining on Democrats in National Polling
Townhall.com ^ | 4/16/2018 | guy benson

Posted on 04/16/2018 3:37:00 PM PDT by bitt

There's an odd dichotomy playing out in our politics in which the conventional wisdom -- prodded by wild current events, history, developments like this and a pattern of off-year and special election results -- is sliding in one direction (a blue wave), whereas public polling has been moving in the opposite direction. Last week, we brought you Quinnipiac's latest national survey, which confirmed a downward trend for Democrats. Their 'generic ballot' lead over the GOP had tightened from ten points to six...to just three. That outcome wasn't too much of an outlier, we argued, and now a few brand new data points confirm the trajectory. A fresh Washington Post/ABC News national survey finds Republicans' deficit down to four points, virtually indistinguishable from the aforementioned Q-poll:

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bluewave; elections; gop

1 posted on 04/16/2018 3:37:00 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 04/16/2018 3:37:24 PM PDT by bitt (We do not need the electric chair - we need electric bleachers!)
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To: LS

https://twitter.com/LarrySchweikart/status/985900928300564480

good tweet, but when you go to linked tweets he provides, looks like the others are banned again..or the link ‘doesn’t work”


3 posted on 04/16/2018 3:42:32 PM PDT by bitt (We do not need the electric chair - we need electric bleachers!)
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To: bitt

I was just thinking that this BS investigation by Comey may very well rile up the Trump supporters. We shall see.


4 posted on 04/16/2018 3:43:23 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: bitt

Don’t panic... by November, it’ll probably be a wash.

This isn’t 2006.


5 posted on 04/16/2018 3:44:41 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: bitt

With Republican swamp eels get flushed out like Ryan possibility of MAGA looks better. Now Mitchell needs to go.


6 posted on 04/16/2018 3:45:29 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: bitt

Surfing on the Blue Wave


7 posted on 04/16/2018 3:46:27 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: bitt

This so called blue wave is just more propaganda. Go out and vote, folks.

JoMa


8 posted on 04/16/2018 3:54:43 PM PDT by joma89
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To: bitt

Even the “lockstep media” can’t fool all of the people all of the time. As time passes, the biasedness of the media is leaking through even to the most obtuse political observers.


9 posted on 04/16/2018 3:56:01 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: bitt

We need to support Trump by electing Conservatives in the primary and if that doesn’t work...elect the R in the general...an R that agrees with me 80% of the time is better that an D that agrees with me 10% of the time...


10 posted on 04/16/2018 6:58:17 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: bitt

They all show up for me.


11 posted on 04/17/2018 6:21:27 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendix))
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