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The Numbers Don’t Look Good for the Dems in 2018 Even Though Historically They Should
IWB ^ | Robert Carbery

Posted on 07/25/2017 9:40:37 AM PDT by davikkm

While history points to likely Democratic victories in the upcoming midterm elections, the numbers show a very different story that does not bode well for the left’s chances in peeling back the right’s hold on power next year.

Five recent poll numbers (yes, I know, polls can only mean so much and are many times, wrong, though other times speak to very real trends underway) and recent fundraising statistics reveal a troubling reality for the Democrats.

First off, 43% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll put out last Sunday. Jobs continue to be added at healthy rates and for all of Trump’s faults, he knows business and can likely steer the economy with more than enough competence. Employers have added 863,000 jobs during Trump’s first five full months in office and though a recession is possibly to come during his tenure as president, he will still govern a nation emphasizing employment growth via business creation buoyed by deregulation.

(Excerpt) Read more at investmentwatchblog.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2018; 2018midterms; dems; second100days; trump2018
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1 posted on 07/25/2017 9:40:37 AM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Pretty Japanese Girl “Crying” Alert!


2 posted on 07/25/2017 9:47:04 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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To: davikkm

IF Congress votes the Trump initiatives, they will continue to win. It is the only the RINO’s that Will defeat their fellow republicans in Congress. Perhaps deliberately.


3 posted on 07/25/2017 9:47:17 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore

I thought she was Korean.


4 posted on 07/25/2017 9:47:38 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: davikkm

“The Numbers Don’t Look Good for the Dems in 2018...”

Oh yeah? Well the Dems have never looked good to me!


5 posted on 07/25/2017 9:49:26 AM PDT by The Numbers (God, Family and Country is Right.)
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6 posted on 07/25/2017 9:53:32 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)z)
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To: davikkm

Maybe their new slogan should also include a name change, to the ‘damns’.


7 posted on 07/25/2017 9:55:49 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: davikkm

1. Forbes’s index of economic indicators hits record high again and is Trump’s REAL approval number.

2. NONE of these press idiots has bothered to do what I have done, look at voter registrations SINCE November. in 12/14 battleground states (all except CO and OR), Republicans have GAINED real/net vs. the Dems. In some cases, it’s big: FL +27k, PA +104k, IA +2k (a lot for IA), AZ +9.2k (what? I thought Az was “going blue”).

These stats alone should bump ALL Trump/GOP numbers up by 1-2 points minimum.


8 posted on 07/25/2017 9:55:57 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Menehune56

Hahaha. MAGA!


9 posted on 07/25/2017 9:55:58 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: dfwgator; johnthebaptistmoore
I thought she was Korean.

Chinese, I think.

10 posted on 07/25/2017 9:56:12 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: davikkm

I wonder if the dimoKKKRATS are going to believe the fake polls once again.


11 posted on 07/25/2017 9:56:50 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

[It is the only the RINO’s that Will defeat their fellow republicans in Congress. Perhaps deliberately.]

Oh, it most certainly is deliberate. No doubt McConnell is lining up some sacrifical lambs to lose their seats to Dems. In ‘18, once Dems get majority, they will impeach Trump, and get shadow-RINO Pence in the Oval Office...


12 posted on 07/25/2017 9:56:52 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: chajin

[I thought she was Korean.
Chinese, I think. ]

Let’s just call her for what she is... “Oriental”!!!


13 posted on 07/25/2017 9:57:31 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012 ("Be quiet... you are #fakenews!")
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To: chajin

She looks Caucasian to me.


14 posted on 07/25/2017 9:58:29 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: davikkm

Come on Dems ,,, double down on your insanity .


15 posted on 07/25/2017 10:00:30 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: the left has become a black hole in space and time :-()
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To: davikkm

Dem plan was to bring in millions of illegals and make them dependent reliable voters for their side.

Without illegals becoming citizens - what have democrats got? Scatterbrained white women wearing pussy hats and angry arrogant black women? Minorities and ditzy women propping up Liberal Elite White Men?

They’re going down...


16 posted on 07/25/2017 10:02:14 AM PDT by GOPJ (Arrogant old black women, elite SCATTERBRAINED white women & common thugs- Today's DEMOCRAT PARTY.)
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To: davikkm

Two things which could be significant which nobody has mentioned yet:

1. There are about 25 Democrat senators up for re-election in 2018, vs. only about 10 Republicans. Of those 25 Democrats, about 10 are considered vulnerable and have tough re-election fights. The Democrats will have a lot of territory to defend, and likely can’t reelect all 25.

2. Historically, Democrat voter turnout is low in off year elections. So that factor too will make it tough for Democrats to reelect some of those running in 2018.


17 posted on 07/25/2017 10:07:56 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

What ever ethnicity I think she’s a lovely girl.


18 posted on 07/25/2017 10:08:36 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: dfwgator
She's Korean. Her name is Yoona. She is an actress and a singer in the K-Pop group Girls' Generation. She is a mega-star in Asia. And it's ridiculous that so many people on FR stilldon't even know who she is. :)

BTW, that crying GIF of her is several years old.

19 posted on 07/25/2017 10:12:02 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: davikkm

Trump is holding the GOP over a barrel. He can wreck the party before the 2018 election and he will if they don’t get behind him and start defending him in the media.

Why did Nunes recuse himself? Who’s out there countering Schiff.


20 posted on 07/25/2017 10:13:02 AM PDT by Fhios (We're at the mercy of the SUV generation.)
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