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Democrats claw back in key U.S. Senate Races
Yahoo News / AP ^ | October 28, 2014

Posted on 10/29/2014 1:55:23 PM PDT by Din Maker

In the sprint to next Tuesday's US midterm elections, new polls show some besieged Democrats holding their own, complicating the narrative that Republicans are on track to seize the Senate majority.

Alaska in particular bears good news for President Barack Obama's party: two recent surveys show incumbent Senator Mark Begich with a substantial lead, the first polls in a month to put him ahead of Republican challenger Dan Sullivan. Alaska-based Republican-leaning firm Hellenthal and Associates released a poll Friday putting Begich ahead by 10 points. Late Monday, Ivan Moore Research group released an October 24-26 poll on Facebook showing Begich with 48.3 percent and Sullivan 41.6 percent.

The results were significant enough for The New York Times to shift Alaska from likely Republican into the "toss-up" column, joining Georgia, Iowa and Kansas.

In Iowa, a Loras College poll of 1,121 registered voters put Democrat Bruce Braley up by one point against conservative Joni Ernst, countering a recent trend showing Ernst ahead in their tight race. A YouGov poll put the pair even at 44 percent.

In Arkansas, Democratic Senator Mark Pryor has narrowed the gap to two points against Republican Tom Cotton, 43-45 percent, according to an NBC News/Marist Poll.

Three Democratic seats -- in Montana, South Dakota and West Virginia -- will almost certainly flip Republican.

Top election forecast models show Democratic incumbents trailing in Arkansas, Colorado and Louisiana, and barely holding on in North Carolina and New Hampshire.

Republicans could face trouble in traditionally red states Georgia, Kansas and Kentucky, where Democrats -- and in the case of Kansas, an independent -- are hoping to pick off one or two seats.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
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OH CRAP! It looks like with the "Mail-Out Ballots" and help from Latinos (14% of the voters in CO) Udall will probably pull it out in CO. Now, Alaska is shaky and "The Hag" in NC won't go away. WTH is going on? The GOP better get their Ground Game and GOTV efforts hitting on all 8 cylinders and keep it going 24/7. This thing could slip away from us.
1 posted on 10/29/2014 1:55:23 PM PDT by Din Maker
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To: Din Maker
Gentlemen, start your fraud engines!
2 posted on 10/29/2014 1:58:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: Din Maker

I think Begich will lose. These couple polls are real outliers.


3 posted on 10/29/2014 1:58:27 PM PDT by mrs9x
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To: Din Maker

KY was mentioned as one of 3 possible “losses” of GOP seats. (KS and GA were the other two.) With the Dem’s Ground Game advantage and the white-heat hatred Conservatives have for Mitch McConnell, KY could be a “shocker” on Election Night; equal to, or exceeding, the Eric Cantor Primary loss.


4 posted on 10/29/2014 1:58:45 PM PDT by Din Maker (I've always been crazy, but, that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)
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To: Din Maker

As others have suggested on FR, the polls will show narrowing margins and the rhetoric will shift to the Democrats pulling out victories in close races so as to provide the narrative to cover whatever amount of illegal alien voting and ballot box stuffing is necessary to keep the Rats in power.


5 posted on 10/29/2014 1:58:56 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Din Maker

If the GOP mucks this up, there must be a unified voice to clean house and add successful leadership. I think much of this is cherry picking, but I have no doubt they are going to pull off at least one or two surprises, even if we get to 51.


6 posted on 10/29/2014 2:00:00 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Din Maker

if America is stupid enough , and weak enough , to let these morons claim victory again , with all that we are facing both at home and abroad ; I would recommend and advocate an abrogation of the vote and a military takeover . We haven’t got the time to play this game again until 2016 or beyond . Time’s up


7 posted on 10/29/2014 2:00:45 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Din Maker

Democrats will win close races because they cheat. When a race is too far apart for them to do fraud without it being obvious, then we win. Someday - God Willing - we’ll put the little democrat sh*ts in jail...


8 posted on 10/29/2014 2:00:53 PM PDT by GOPJ (Obama would rather we die than offend West Africa. - freeper goldstategop (same for the CDC))
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Iowa - registered voters? Who the hell cares. Likely is the key.

MU poll here in WI had Burke down 7% with LV. Her response? An email to her supporters touting dead heat with RV.


9 posted on 10/29/2014 2:01:43 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: Din Maker

I know the Clintons have been in KY multiple times supporting Grimes.

Those two are the “kiss of death” when it comes to endorsements, almost as bad as Obola.

I suspect McConnell may still win.


10 posted on 10/29/2014 2:01:50 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: Din Maker

And Dem-Masker chimes in with the bad news.


11 posted on 10/29/2014 2:02:48 PM PDT by Beagle8U (If illegal aliens are undocumented immigrants, then shoplifters are undocumented customers.)
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Gentlemen, start your fraud engines!

You believe there is that much fraud that a country that elected Hussein, TWICE, isn't still liberal?

Statistically, it's more likely more than 1/2 of voters are just stupid.
12 posted on 10/29/2014 2:04:06 PM PDT by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: Din Maker

The Democrats have no need to “claw back”: they’ve already signed up all the illegal aliens, half the recently dead of the nation, and they’ve ‘fixed’ the voting machines, too.

Republicans are in for a disappointing night.


13 posted on 10/29/2014 2:04:43 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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>> I would recommend and advocate an abrogation of the vote and a military takeover.

Constitution be damned, eh?

Foolish and short-sighted idea.


14 posted on 10/29/2014 2:06:31 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon)
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To: Din Maker

What is an Ivan Moore strategy? King of outliers. They didn’t even try to make it realistic.


15 posted on 10/29/2014 2:06:37 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: TexasGunLover

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/matthew-vadum/illegal-voters-tipping-election-scales/


16 posted on 10/29/2014 2:07:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: Din Maker

If the gop is not within the margin of fraud, they lose. The democrats are experts at fraud. They can always come up with 2% more votes.


17 posted on 10/29/2014 2:08:59 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: Truth29
This happens every election, it seems.

The planets have seldom aligned as perfectly in favor of the GOP as they have now. The ONLY thing that will prevent an epic swing this midterm is massive voter fraud.

And the GOP will have no one to blame but themselves. They have had several opportunities to address the problem and have done nothing.

18 posted on 10/29/2014 2:09:46 PM PDT by skeeter
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Prior only behind by 2 in a poll that is +5 D sample, where Gallup survey says AK is +2 R... 7 D oversample... Next


19 posted on 10/29/2014 2:12:23 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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Prior only behind by 2 in a poll that is +5 D sample, where Gallup survey says AR is +2 R... 7 D oversample... Next
20 posted on 10/29/2014 2:13:50 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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