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Democrats must not take their opportunity to win the midterms for granted
The Hill ^ | October 15, 2026 | Donna Brazile

Posted on 10/15/2026 8:15:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Opinion polls suggest Democrats have a good chance of winning control of the House and Senate in midterm elections already underway with early and mail voting. But opinion polls aren’t infallible.

President Trump’s surprise victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016 should remind us that polls and pundits can be wrong.

My fellow Democrats shouldn’t assume that a blue wave will sweep away Republican majorities in both congressional chambers or wash the red tide of supermajorities in state houses which we have abandoned in multiple presidential seasons.

Democrats need to mount an all-out get-out-the-vote effort from now through Election Day to flip the House and Senate — a strong get out the vote campaign, followed by a post-election defense of Democratic victories that may be challenged by Republicans.

And while frequent and occasional Democratic voters are as vital as a roux in a creole gumbo recipe, the Democrats need extra seasoning this fall.

We must reach out to independents and Republicans who are disgusted by Trump’s repudiation of traditional Republican positions on a broad range of issues, and by his extremism, incompetence, dishonesty, corruption and failure to deliver on many of his 2024 campaign promises.

As a first step, Democrats still have time to educate voters so they understand the rules governing registration, voter identification and ballot access in their states. Requirements vary across the country. Voters should consult reliable, state-specific information before heading to the polls. That is available here.

Democrats should also encourage voters to cast their ballots early by mail or in person.

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1 posted on 10/15/2026 8:15:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Worried much? 😉


2 posted on 10/15/2026 8:21:28 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Democrats Republicans must not take their opportunity to win the midterms for granted

Fixed it.

-PJ

3 posted on 10/15/2026 8:22:09 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: MinorityRepublican

Brewers win the NL. Last time they were in the World Series the Zgop gained 2 Senate seat in a very tough midterm.


4 posted on 10/15/2026 8:29:32 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

1 Senate seat


5 posted on 10/15/2026 8:32:31 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

1 Senate seat


6 posted on 10/15/2026 8:35:58 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: cowboyusa

Yeah but there’s a lockout after the season is over so the Dodgers may have decided that they “needed” to lose this time.


7 posted on 10/15/2026 8:36:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

They are gone 😀


8 posted on 10/15/2026 8:36:58 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They are gone 😀


9 posted on 10/15/2026 8:37:03 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

>> Worried much? 😉

LOL! You nailed it.


10 posted on 10/15/2026 8:39:33 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: cowboyusa

Brewers and Astros, the only 2 teams to make the WS as both a National League and an American League team.


11 posted on 10/15/2026 8:43:24 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!


12 posted on 10/15/2026 8:53:38 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican


13 posted on 10/15/2026 8:54:24 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: MacNaughton

Excellent graphics. Thank you.


14 posted on 10/15/2026 9:02:42 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Donna Brazile is scared!


15 posted on 10/15/2026 9:12:13 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: cowboyusa

The best thing to happen to the Democrats is to be swept over by a Red Wave. Then they can reorganize, go back to their roots, dump the Commies and Socialists, find new inspiring leadership to captivate the nation. Then speak for the common man, not the loony left. Dump the corruption and crime and come out as patriots.


16 posted on 10/15/2026 9:16:23 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Their opportunity to royally screw our country.


17 posted on 10/15/2026 9:28:53 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Donna Brazille = notorious black racist.


18 posted on 10/15/2026 9:58:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We will hold the Senate but they will take the House. But not by much.


19 posted on 10/15/2026 10:00:47 PM PDT by rexthecat
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We will lose both.


20 posted on 10/15/2026 10:03:14 PM PDT by nwrep
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