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What’s Behind This Axios Poll Telling Democrats They Can’t Win the Senate?
RushLimbaugh.com ^ | July 10, 2018 | Rush Limbagh

Posted on 07/11/2018 8:59:47 AM PDT by SMGFan

RUSH: Okay, back to this Axios poll. It’s a poll they took with SurveyMonkey, which is a credible bunch. They have a bar, Monkey Bar in New York, SurveyMonkey, same people. You knew that, right? “Brutal poll.” No, I’m making it up. People may not know when I’m kidding. I have to admit when I’m kidding more than ever today.

“Democrats’ Senate Dream Slips Away.” They never had a realistic opportunity of taking the Senate. You know, this is another illustration. Ever since election night 2016 when Trump won, the whole mantra has been illegitimate, people don’t really mean this, they voted for Trump, they were mad, but they don’t really like Trump and they’re regretting it. As time went on, they regret Trump won, people regret it, they wish they could vote against him. Next chance they get they’re gonna vote against him.

And that became Democrats are gonna win back the House, big, gigantic blue wave, Democrats gonna win the Senate. None of that was ever true. There was never any evidence of a blue wave. There was never any evidence the Democrats were gonna take the Senate. It’s always been practically an impossible hill to climb in the Senate. They have too many seats to defend.

Right now the Democrats need to hold on to 10 seats in red states that Trump won by double digits. And then, in addition to holding that many, they have to win two pickups. They have to win two seats currently held by Republicans. The odds that they’re gonna win 12 — and the Republicans don’t have to defend nearly as many, this has never been a slam dunk.

But because they created the lying illusion in all of these news reports for many months, now we’re getting down to reality time, so they have to correct this. And they’re using a poll to do it by claiming, “Oh, no, there is a brutal new poll out that shows the dream of the Democrats taking over the Senate is slipping away.” It was never anything but a dream. But, you know, they’re being hoisted on their own petard now, because now they’ve been telling everybody Democrats are gonna win everything, everybody hates Trump, everybody regrets voting for Trump.

And now they have to make it look like the dream is slipping away, like it was a chance, it was a realistic possibility, it was gonna happen, but something’s gone wrong. It was never gonna happen.

“To win the Senate, Democrats need to keep all 10 seats they’re defending in states that President Trump won in 2016 — plus pick up two more seats. That’s not happening. A new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll of key states shows Dems would lose three of those red-state seats while picking up two GOP seats — still short of the majority.”

“It’s looking nearly impossible,” says Axios, “for Democrats to take back the Senate. So the stakes are even higher for them to win the House if they’re going to have any kind of congressional check on President Trump. The polls shows three Democratic senators are poised to lose their seats to Republicans — Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota, Bill Nelson in Florida and Joe Donnelly in Indiana.”

By the way, about Nelson, you know, Rick Scott, the governor now running for Nelson’s Senate seat, this race came up over the weekend and a guy said to me, “I haven’t seen any ads. I haven’t seen any ads.” I said, “You haven’t? I’ve seen them all over the place.” “What? What ads have you seen?” .................


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2018issues; 2018midterms; 2018polls; democrats; election; rush; rushtranscript; senate
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Further down is Rush's answer

"RUSH: So why would Axios publicize a poll showing how desolate it is for the Democrats out there? Why would they do that? Why would they publish a poll to depress the troops? I mean, the Axios/SurveyMonkey Bar poll is, “Forget it. No chance. The dream of the Democrats taking back control of the Senate is lost.” Why do this? Why do this now?

Well, it’s gotta be for a reason. Nothing happens on the left in a vacuum. There has to be a reason, beyond the fact that it’s just what the poll says. I think the poll, Axios, that’s part of the Politico — it’s Vox, it’s all part of this Millennial uptick mainstream media apparatus now. It’s not fringe, so I think that it’s meant to be a warning to the Democrats to not sacrifice Senate seats to beat Kavanaugh."

1 posted on 07/11/2018 8:59:47 AM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

If you have the Rush Limbaugh app, you can follow the Doctor Of Democracy on your iPhone.

His website sucks on a mobile device.


2 posted on 07/11/2018 9:02:50 AM PDT by goldstategop (The In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SMGFan
What’s Behind This Axios Poll Telling Democrats They Can’t Win the Senate?

Reality?

3 posted on 07/11/2018 9:05:38 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SMGFan

[Axios Poll Telling Democrats They Can’t Win the Senate?]

It’s the signal for DEMOCRATS to get out the vote. Happens every election.


4 posted on 07/11/2018 9:07:07 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm( 32:12)
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To: SMGFan

Watch for the propaganda machine to ratchet up going into November to get out the vote in a big way, while at the same time suppressing the Republican vote by creating complacency and overconfidence.

Of course, they still have the illegal vote, the dead vote, and the multiple vote to mitigate the damage.


5 posted on 07/11/2018 9:09:49 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

I haven’t heard any polls recently about the Dems chance of taking back the House. Months ago, we kept hearing polls.indicste the Dems had a 6 to 12 point lead in the generic poll as to taking back the House.

But recently they have stopped reporting on that. Why? It seems it stopped right around the time the media staged Kids at the Border week.

My best guess, is that the latest polls are bad news for Democrats, so the media have chosen not to report on it.


6 posted on 07/11/2018 9:11:32 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: MichaelCorleone

I believe the only poll that counts is on Election Day.

The rest of fhem are fake. Just ask Hillary Clinton.


7 posted on 07/11/2018 9:11:56 AM PDT by goldstategop (The In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yup. If the much-hyped Blue Wave was real, the fake news media would be all over it.

Things don’t look great for the Dems and they know it.


8 posted on 07/11/2018 9:15:07 AM PDT by goldstategop (The In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SMGFan

Have you noticed there is no joy among Democrats? Only rage and hate? You never see Democrats smiling at their rallies. This is a sharp contrast with 2006, 2008 and 2012, when their rallies were joyful. The joy is all on the Republican side. And since joy always beats rage there will be no Blue Wave. And the Democrats know it.


9 posted on 07/11/2018 9:15:11 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: SMGFan

Wow, five posts in and no one has yet chimed in to tell us the GOP has no chance in picking up seats in November. “Manchin in WV? A lock.” “Donnelly in IN? He’ll pull in out in Nov, no need to waste resources there.” “McCaskell in MO? Just wait, the GOP guy will shoot himself in the foot and she’ll win in a squeaker.” After reading a few threads here on FR, it seems we never have a chance of winning.


10 posted on 07/11/2018 9:15:16 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: SMGFan

I think is why the Left is now ramping up the “Russians are meddling in this election too!” rhetoric.

Trying to delegitimise the election before they even lose it.


11 posted on 07/11/2018 9:17:33 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Never underestimate the power of incumbency.

People stick with the devil they know. Its nearly impossible to get rid of entrenched politicians.

There may be no Blue Wave but I don’t hold out much hope for a Red Tide.

Look for the status quo to continue.


12 posted on 07/11/2018 9:21:16 AM PDT by goldstategop (The In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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I can’t believe Mitch McConnell was saying a few months ago, “We’re going to lose seats”.


13 posted on 07/11/2018 9:23:02 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: TakebackGOP

Mitch the Bitch is only slightly smarter than Turban Durbin.


14 posted on 07/11/2018 9:28:50 AM PDT by goldstategop (The In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

I harp on it all the time, but I think the Left is preparing to abandon the political process. They will take to the streets and embrace violence after they lose in November.

It’s foolish, but they cannot compete politically with an opponent who fights back. So they won’t fight politically and will fight literally.


15 posted on 07/11/2018 9:31:50 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If you beleive the dog, then take his advice.)
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To: SMGFan

Oh well, God’s will be done.

:^)


16 posted on 07/11/2018 9:38:34 AM PDT by gasport
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To: goldstategop

The only thing in their ‘blue wave’ is the Tidy Bowl Man swirling down the toilet.


17 posted on 07/11/2018 9:51:23 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: goldstategop

I believe in the power of incumbency when it comes to the Senate and the presidency, but the House is a different story.

It flips too much towards the mood of that idiotic middle 10 %.


18 posted on 07/11/2018 10:16:57 AM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: SMGFan

Relax Rush, there is nothing special going on.
In 2016 Survey Monkey, an on-line survey, missed the final margin Clinton had and Trump had. Survey Monkey missed Trump’s win saying he would get just 40% when he got 46.1% and Hillary Clinton would get 46% when she got 48.2% for an aggregate 8.3% MISS! They also missed the final results in SEVEN states which changed the result of the election. This steaming pile of dog crap talked to “registered voters.” They did the same in 2016 and guess what? They were wrong because WE either didn’t participate or WE lied to them. Did WE participate this time? You decide.
The Montana part of this “poll” says Tester has a 12-point lead! REALLY? That is amazing because in 2012 Tester won by 3.7% and Obama won Montana by 13.5%! Now that he has identified himself as an obstacle to Trump’s policies by voting against Trump’s Tax cuts, in a state Trump won by 21 points, Survey Monkey says Tester will do THREE TIMES as well? Trump won Montana by 21 points which was more than 7 points better than what Romney got so THIS adds up to a comfortable 12 point lead for Tester? REALLY? I don’t think so.

In West Virginia this “poll” says Manchin is up 13 points against a popular Republican in a state Trump won by 41.7 points. In West Virginia they could pull a name from a hat and beat Manchin. In his own Democrat primary Manchin couldn’t reach 70%. In 2012 Romney won West Virginia by 26.8%. In 2016 Trump won West Virginia by 41.7%. THIS adds up to Manchin being re-elected after also voting against Trump’s Tax Cuts? REALLY? This is a joke.
The Democrats will lose at least 11 seats and if things align just right maybe even New Jersey for a 12th loss as well.
As I said relax Rush, there is nothing special going on.


19 posted on 07/11/2018 10:32:39 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: jmaroneps37

Both MN women get elected together? Amy K and the unknown Mrs. Smith


20 posted on 07/11/2018 10:44:26 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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