House Democrats’ hope for wave election diminishes as Republicans rebound

WaPo ^ | 10-20-2018 | Sean Sullivan

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Democratic hopes for a wave election that would carry them to a significant House majority have been tempered in recent weeks amid a shifting political landscape and a torrent of hard-hitting attack ads from Republicans.

Democrats remain favored to win, but GOP leaders believe they can minimize the number of seats they would lose — and, perhaps, find a path to preserving their advantage in the chamber.

The tightening, with just over two weeks left, reflects how President Trump’s rising approval rating and the polarizing fight over Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh appear to be boosting the party’s candidates in a number of conservative and rural districts that have been considered up for grabs.

But Democrats have retained their strength in key suburban areas, where polls show female voters furious with Trump are likely to help flip Republican-held seats.

“The past few weeks haven’t really diminished Democrats’ chances of a takeover by that much, but they’ve increased the chances of a small Democratic majority,” said David Wasserman, House editor for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. He estimated Democrats have a 70 to 75 percent chance of winning the House.

At stake is the fate of the Trump presidency — whether Democrats will gain the power to investigate his administration and thwart his agenda, or if emboldened Republicans will fulfill the president’s vision for the nation, from building a border wall to repeal of the Obama-era health-care law.

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“The last several elections has shown far too many women vote with their female units.”

Actually, Trump did fine with women. The Democrats always try to divide us, to push the myth that Republicans represent only wealthy white males, while Democrats represent women, minorities, and the poor.

Republicans (under Trump’s leadership) represent anyone who wants to limit the size and scope of government, and who values individual liberty. It doesn’t matter what sex or race you are - if you understand that single fundamental principle of self-governance, you belong in the Trump’s Republican Party.

The Democrats’ only hope is to confuse and deceive - and this fake “Republicans’ war on women” myth is a key piece of their deception.

It’s really just a handful of loud-mouth female actresses being well paid to “act” angry. Women in general vote pretty much like men.

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Suburban female voters furious with Trump? Who are they and why are they furious at him? The only thing Trump did ‘to them’ was to beat Hillary in the Electoral College. If that is why they are mad, they were/are not going to vote for Republicans anyway.

That sounds like a stat that the writer pulled out of his rear.

The only women “furious” at Trump are the left wing women, who are always furious with him — and furious at every other white male 24/7. So, who cares.