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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums6. 🌊 Wave watch: GOP's toughest map in 88 years
6. 🌊 Wave watch: GOP's toughest map in 88 years
We told you earlier this week about Democratic strength in midterm House races. Now in a special preview for Axios readers, here's a new analysis by David Wasserman of Cook Political Report, unpacking the GOP's daunting math:
"With 102 days to go, Democrats remain substantial favorites for House control. A big reason: Republicans are defending 42 open or vacant seats, a record since at least 1930." (After the March victory by Democrat Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania, Democrats need to flip 23 seats to take the House.)
"Of Republicans' 42 incumbent-less seats, eight are in districts that voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, and an additional 13 are in districts where President Trump received less than 55 percent."
Killer stat: "[S]ince 1992, in situations when a president's party was stuck defending an open seat two years after the president failed to carry it, that party has batted zero for 23 keeping it in their column."
"Fundraising deficits are a growing GOP problem":
more (you'll need to scroll down the page to item #6)
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-fae0deff-6876-48be-8f97-b78e20c8c038.html
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6. 🌊 Wave watch: GOP's toughest map in 88 years (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jul 2018
OP
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)1. Be mindful of the waves of good news...
We still need to get out and vote. How many people in 2018 sighed and said, "Hillary will win anyway, I don't need to vote."
Right now and moving forward, complacency is our biggest threat.
GOTV
Raster
(20,998 posts)3. We need to turn out like we are 10 points down...
...and demons are breathing down our necks.
GOTV
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)2. GOTV and kick their asses to the curb