Harris’ post-debate gains sustained in US polls, but Republicans likely to gain Senate control.
Harris’ post-debate gains sustained in US polls, but Republicans likely to gain Senate control
and the country will continue to be held hostage by a crippling, anti-human minority. awesome.
Great, so no presidential nominees for the next two years unless Democrats pull off a miracle.
Maybe, but one thing that sets Harris apart from previous Democrats is her willingness to actually fight back against Republican bullshit. Plus there's the fact that the GOP will be in a very rough place if Trump loses. They're not a political party anymore, they're a cult of personality, and that personality is 78 years old, will have lost two Presidential elections and is facing sentencing for 34 felony convictions with several more charges still in play. Their most recent primaries were all about trying to find someone to pass the MAGA torch to and they were completely unable to do so.
The Republican Party's future is very murky and that could lead to GOP Senators placing their own self-interest ahead of party solidarity. If Harris pushes against the red wall this could be the point where it finally breaks.
Current polling data has Cruz trailing by 1 point, and Scott's lead has fallen to within the margin of error. If either seat is flipped, that changes this article's projected 51/49 Republican senate to a 50/50 senate with the vice president breaking the tie.
Current polling data has Cruz trailing by 1 point
You're citing the only poll where Cruz is behind, so if we're talking about polling more broadly that's very much not true. His lead has been fairly consistent in the +3 to +5 range for months. Scott's lead is the same or bigger, again with one polling exception.
For Cruz, I didn't see a newer poll yet when I checked before commenting, looks like that last one was posted today (or they're lying for SEO). Although the survey ends on the same date, so the data itself isn't actually newer.
And most of the other polls go back into August, so while the poll showing Cruz behind could be an outlier, it could also be reflective of a change in the race. We just don't have a lot of good data to work with here. The Morning Consult polls are the largest ones we have, and the only ones to come from the same firm with the same methodology, allowing an apples to apples comparison. That lends at least a little credibility to the idea that Cruz might be in trouble, and it's definitely a close race either way, but I would definitely want more data backing it up before concluding that Cruz is actually losing.
As for Scott, yeah, most polls have him up by 3 or 4, give or take. He's not losing, but he's definitely vulnerable. And with abortion being on the ballot in Florida this year, I know I'd be sweating a little if I were in his position.
All I was getting at is that both candidates are potentially vulnerable, and either losing would prevent the Republicans from taking the senate as the article predicts.
Tim Walz: oh gollie gee, let's burn this fucking filibuster to the ground.
This is the part where "we don't have to vote anymore" comes into play. The republicans are systematically rigging the government. We need to get their asses out of there and bring them to a reasonable size that is actually representative of their population.
The Harris campaign better have more tricks up their sleeves, 50-50 isn't good enough. More corporate reform to help labor out? Something widely popular that neither campaign is pushing. They aren't really pushing a charm offensive like they should and are being more self-congratulatory and preaching to the choir.
Vote! Tell your peers to vote.