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Harry Enten Raises ‘Big Siren’ Over Democrats’ Senate Chances
Newsweek ^ | October 17, 2026 | Anna Commander

Posted on 10/17/2026 5:42:46 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said Democrats have a “big siren warning sign" ahead of Election Day and it is close polling margins in key Senate toss-up races.

Enten said the Senate is "too close to call," as the polling shows many races within the margin of error and Democrats will have to wait until Election Day to see if polling is right, or if Republicans outperform and remain in control.

Midterm elections are commonly viewed as a test of the political environment facing the party in power, and the president's party has historically lost seats during them. Republicans now hold a narrow majority in both the House and Senate.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's overall approval rating and ranking on specific policy issues like the economy, immigration, jobs and the ongoing war in Iran have slipped as households across America are consistently flagging affordability concerns.

As the president is traversing the nation, stumping for Republicans in key races, he has been handed unfavorable polling including a record low approval for both terms in office in a new Fox News poll.

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


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: cnn; demagogicparty; harryenten; notcloseatall

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1 posted on 10/17/2026 5:42:46 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s funny. He works for CNN and I can see him on Fox.


2 posted on 10/17/2026 5:48:00 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s funny. He works for CNN and I can see him on Fox.


3 posted on 10/17/2026 5:48:01 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MinorityRepublican
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's overall approval rating and ranking on specific policy issues like the economy, immigration, jobs and the ongoing war in Iran have slipped as households across America are consistently flagging affordability concerns MSM hammers Artificial news and omits the real story.
4 posted on 10/17/2026 5:52:01 AM PDT by Kudsman (Obama: Fraud-American. Omar: Fraud-American. Mohamed: Fraud-American. Fauxahantas: Fraud-American)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I don’t think I’ve seen a big “October surprise” but I have seen tremendously slanted news this month. Anything bad is hyped up. Anything good is not discussed. It’s all aimed at creating an anti-Republican mindset in the country as November approaches.

Once the election is over, I imagine the news will take a break and (more or less) just report things with their usual bias but without the extreme bias. And I bet the world will immediately start looking very different.

And, in my opinion, if the Republicans hold the House and Senate, both Iran and Ukraine may conclude their wars. And maybe even Cuba will change its government. If we win the November, the whole world will look much better.


5 posted on 10/17/2026 6:03:23 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

If things are looking better in the Senate for the Republicans, the House may be shifting right as well.


6 posted on 10/17/2026 6:08:46 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: MinorityRepublican

Meanwhile, guess who’s in the UK for a conflab with its Deep State just before midterms...

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1620078833487809&id=ManchesterEveningNews

Wonder who else went with Obama and who those people met with, because Obama and Burnham are just useful idiot frontmen.


7 posted on 10/17/2026 6:17:02 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I’m tired of his shtick.


8 posted on 10/17/2026 6:17:07 AM PDT by sauropod ("They eventually succomb to the dollar" - President Donald J. Trump Ne supra crepidam)
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Agree. It is starting to come across as dopey “gee, look what I found”, when he damn well knows the Dems have been cooking the books the whole time!


9 posted on 10/17/2026 6:22:08 AM PDT by Kudsman (Obama: Fraud-American. Omar: Fraud-American. Mohamed: Fraud-American. Fauxahantas: Fraud-American)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I don’t think I’ve seen a big “October surprise”

With so much early voting, any "surprise" occurring in the next two weeks will be too late to have a material effect. What seems to be happening instead is a massive landfill load of negative advertising, trying to persuade the non-base to stay home.

OTOH all the negative ads might be that the left has to squish the right because it has nothing to run on that it wants the public to know about, and the right is genuinely scared to death (correctly) of having the left get into power.

10 posted on 10/17/2026 6:23:12 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: DIRTYSECRET

Karl Rove would never allow his truth to get out. They have the worst polls of anyone. Pure NeverTrump.


11 posted on 10/17/2026 6:25:44 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: chajin
The right (reluctantly) may be motivated to show up on Election Day.

We'll find out in 17 days.

12 posted on 10/17/2026 6:35:48 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I agree. I’m always surprised and sort of pleased when Enten seems fair, neutral and bold. all at once.


13 posted on 10/17/2026 6:37:05 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Enten appears to be reasonable.


14 posted on 10/17/2026 6:41:05 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Enten always puts a Republican spin on things.


15 posted on 10/17/2026 6:44:27 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: MinorityRepublican

President Trump falls in approval ratings for two terms, despite winning three elections.


16 posted on 10/17/2026 6:56:36 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They’d better, cuz the Democrats can’t wait to undo as much of what Trump has done as possible, and to block the rest for the next two years.


17 posted on 10/17/2026 7:54:21 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“if Republicans outperform”

In the primaries, in many places, MAGA stayed home and did not vote. In what places is the MAGA get-out-the-vote effort effective and what can other places learn from it?


18 posted on 10/17/2026 8:06:35 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: MinorityRepublican

I always wonder WHO they’re polling - since they get it wrong so often.

I heard one pollsters say large swaths of the voting population are ignored by polling - rural Whites, who vote red, and Hispanics, who are trending red.


19 posted on 10/17/2026 8:35:25 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Dan in Wichita

>If things are looking better in the Senate for the Republicans, the House may be shifting right as well.

I think the real boomerang might be that 3-4 House suburban seats in Cali might flip red. People are fed up with the gas taxes, the fires, and the leadership. I’m not saying LA or SF, but Riverside, parts around Sacramento.


20 posted on 10/17/2026 9:18:14 AM PDT by struggle
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