Posted on 09/24/2020 8:30:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The most important choice American voters face in November is whether to re-elect Donald Trump as president. The second-most important is whether to leave Republicans in control of the Senate, whose assent is required to pass federal laws and to confirm presidential nominees to federal courts and senior jobs.
If Mr Trump wins another term, Republicans will almost certainly hold the Senate as well. But if he does not, a Republican-controlled Senate would serve as a strong check on Joe Biden’s administration. If the record of Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader in the Senate, is any guide, a hostile upper chamber could block much of Mr Biden’s legislative agenda and prevent him filling most judicial vacancies—even if he wins the election in a landslide. Conversely, even a bare Senate majority would open up possibilities for him.
In practice, Democrats would be limited by the need to hold their caucus together. If they do win back the Senate, most of their new members will be centrists; their candidate in Kansas was a Republican until 2018. The last midterm elections, when Democrats did well, brought an infusion of moderates representing somewhat conservative places. Nonetheless, the difference in America’s political trajectory between scenarios in which the Democrats hold 49 Senate seats and those where they win 50—tie-breaking votes, if necessary, are cast by the vice-president—would be significant.
If the fight for the Senate gets less attention than it deserves, one reason may be that it is hard to analyse. There are no nationwide Senate polls. Instead there are 35 separate contests, in different states with different candidates (the other 65 seats are not up for election this year). Some races are polled often; others not at all. Even the rules can vary: Louisiana and Georgia use a two-round system with a run-off;
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The Economist is a corrupt globalist deep state publication...
Yeah, I’m not sure why people even post this garbage.
Why was McSally nominated? Couldn’t they have nominated someone who had a chance to win?
Byedone winning in a landslide? Shirley you jest.
sure, just like last time. /sarc
“...There are no nationwide Senate polls,
instead there are 35 separate contests...”
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Gee, the author acts like nobody knows this.
Can somebody tell me why McSally can’t win? First Sinema beats her, possibly due to Maricopa fraud, but I’m not sure about that. Then Ducey appoints her to McCain’s (RIP) seat, and now she’s about to lose to a gun-grabbing astronaut.
WHAT. IS. HER. DEAL???
Oh please! The Economist is an ultra Leftist rag!
this is why we need to stop attacking Rinos as we need every seat and senate-without it, even if Trump wins he is a lame duck-no more judges etc
Again, Trumps’ performances during the upcoming presidential debates will end up creating a pro-Trump bump that, also, has political coattails to other Republican candidates, for a variety of political offices.
Trump will win the Presidency.
Republicans will hold the Senate.
Democrats will hold the House.
RINOs are attacking us, not the other way around.
And one characteristic of RINOs is that they attack Trump, even after he helps them; lest anyone forgot, just review what people like those on the 2012 GOP Presidential ticket did to Trump.
It looks like the GOP is in trouble in a number of states such as Maine, North Carolina, Iowa, Georgia, Colorado, and Arizona.
It’s hard to see the Dems. run the table and take all of these, if Trump wins re-election. He’s got to have some “coattails” if he wins a 2nd term.
We will pick up seats in a red wave.
I think we retake the House as well. A red wave is coming.
I used to enjoy it in the 90s. There were things I disagreed with them about but they had their own perspective and usually argued their case intelligently. It changed somewhere around 2003 or 2004. It was very noticeable. Now the Economist is just another Yurp rag. I stopped reading and haven’t bothered with it since.
They have endorsed Democrats in the last 4 presidential elections and I have zero doubt they will make it 5 in a row this year.
Agreed. the goal now is to keep the Senate!
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