“Far from a sure thing” means they’re screwed and they know it, they’re just pretending they aren’t screwed so they can claim THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN again.
Wishful thinking once again mascarading as thoughtful analysis.
Follow the money. Political campaigning is a multi-billion dollar industry.
The Media is a large recipient of those billions of dollars.
The Media has a vested interest in promoting close elections so the political campaign begs donors for more money to spend on Media advertising.
Same thing is true for the pollsters. If the pollsters accurately polled, there would be no interest by the campaigns in conducting new polls if the current poll showed them far in the lead.
Senate forecast is based on Dems losing no more than two of six dead-heat races, and nothing from anything that even slightly leans their way in the current polling average.
Their internals must look like the aftermath of Hiroshima.
Voted a while ago, absentee.
From what I’ve seen over the past two decades (I was 30 when a friend told me about this board!!) is that early voting numbers, numbers of signs on the lawns, sizes of rallies (obama’s were SO tiny, we were told) and even exit polls mean nothing.
The only thing that counts is the actual vote cast.
We shall see in two days.
The exception regarding rallies was Trump, but you’re talking THREE times the number of people a place can hold showing up.
I will still astonished and shocked and THRILLED that he won.
A fellow NYer as president :)
And not a flaming liberal either.
“Favored” and “Far from a sure thing” are contradictory.
CNN is gonna be crying their eyes out like they did in 2016..with a whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat happenedddddddddddd look on their faces..Yep, it must be those pesky Russians again
CNN? I have a gut feeling this whole blue wave reporting is nothing more than leftist propaganda designed to sway voter opinion by a point or two.
I think they’re terrified of a red wave.
Back peddling
“Get out and VOTE!”
You hit the key point.
Ignore pre-election news, good or bad, and just be sure to VOTE!!!
Dems won’t even come close.
Can’t wait for the wailing, gnashing of teeth and grief on CNN!
The MSM and the polls will keep this up until November 7.
Fake News is in CYA mode.
Well,the blue wave is now a ripple,Get out and VOTE!
If any FReepers haven’t already early voted... VOTE on Election Day!!!
It’s called edging the towel back.
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What idiot made this ridiculous ‘forcast?’
Gop will easily not just keep the house, but increase their majority.
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CNN covering their butts. Of course they want the Dems to win both the Senate and the House, but notice they say they’re “favored” to win, not “will” win. They gave themselves an out when the Democrats fail to capture the Senate and the House, so their demented RAT viewers can’t blame them for promising a victory.
Looks like the word has gone out to everyone in the MSM. Start preparing the Democrat left for some major disappointments.
the last set off NYT/Sienna college polls are breaking towards the Rats..
but I am just curious..... when they call is it mentioned that it’s NYslimes poll in advance? If it is alot of Trump supporters would just hang up or lie
RCP uses that poll in there Data too
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-polls.html