Senate Democratic candidates are edging out or polling neck and neck with their GOP counterparts in five competitive Senate races this cycle — the latest indicator that Republicans are facing a tough midterm environment in even more traditionally redder areas, according to new surveys of the races.

Polling released by The New York Times and Siena University on Saturday found Democrats leading by 6 points in the Texas Senate race, 7 points in Alaska, 3 points in Ohio, down 1 point in Iowa and tied in Kansas.

Because the surveys in Ohio, Iowa and Kansas are within the margin of error — 4.5 points in Ohio, 4.6 points in Iowa and 4.6 points in Kansas — those races are essentially tied.

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    11 hours ago

    They’ll get closer because trump will panic and start campaigning for them…

    Currently he’s doing a Hillary victory lap where he’s doing rallies in places he’s projected to win and ignoring everything close because his handlers know he’ll hurt Republicans.

    Another week or so and those poll numbers will be worse. Trump will believe he can save them, and when it hurts Republicans in those elections, trump will blame the people who tried to keep him out of it He’ll never understand if he had campaigned in those races earlier they have lost by more.

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        It’s not optimism, it’s what’s logically going to happen. They’re distracting him now by telling he’s “needed” in the safe states. But we’re a month out and these articles and polls will get worse. trump isnt capable of understanding people don’t love him, they’ll never be able to keep him away from Senate races that are polling close.

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            Life is always logical, if you don’t think it is then you’re not paying attention to the shit that matters…

            Just stop doing that, nothing is stopping you from using critical thinking.

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              LMAO! Show us how you’re not paying attention without actually saying you’re not paying attention.

              I swear dude, it’s like you go out of your way to be on the wrong side of everything.

              Reality shows that life isn’t even remotely logical. Life doesn’t follow logical ideology any more that in follows illogical ideologies. It’s controlled chaos. Nothing more. And to think there’s reason for all rings and it works out in the end because it just has to-

              Is fucking ignorance on display.

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                …

                No need to respond like a boomer with belligerence following confusion

                You’re never going to make sense of anything doing that, and I’m sure as fuck never going to waste time trying to help you again.

                Feel free to keep replying I’ll never see it

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                  And there’s the ever-predictable bOoMeR accusation, the clear go-to response of every out-of-gas internet-intellectual that thinks they have something to say.

                  I’m going to go ahead and block you know as you have proven you have nothing worthwhile to ad to any discussion.