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.
Get ready to be downright disappointed or possibly distressed at the actual outcome of the midterms. Gerrymandering, racial redistricting, disinformation campaigns, propaganda networks, lawsuits for mail voting, racist state legislatures, and on and on. These are what Democrats are up against and no amount of positive polling is going to fix that shit. When you show up to vote and can’t because you’ve been purged from voter registration remember the polls lol.
Biggest one: Citizens United and money is speech.
Oh they’re going to flat-out cheat in broad daylight. There’s no doubt about it. And don’t forget about the armed intimidation campaign that places fascist goons at every polling station.
They’ll kill a small handful nationwide- enough to make people afraid to show up. And that’ll be that.
And when it happens, they’ll do literally nothing. Watch.