U.S. Mid-terms

[Frankfooter]

There's been a flurry of criticism aimed at Biden in the leftist media. WaPo the NYT and others all of a sudden noticed that Joe is old and clueless, lol! Can you imagine the skill and the level of journalism required to uncover that? The House is gone, that's given, but if the Republicans can crack 60 in the Senate (unlikely) this will be a catastrophic blow to anything Democrat in 23 and 24. Either way, Joe will be a lame duck after the vote.

Democrats Polling Ahead of GOP, Despite Joe Biden's Awful Approval Rating

A new poll has found 47 percent of Americans would back the Democrats in a congressional election, with the Republican figure crashing to 41 percent.

www.newsweek.com

 

[squeezer]

Republicans Start To Panic As Fundraising Dries Up Ahead Of Midterms

 

[Darts]

Why did House Democrats underperform compared to Joe Biden? (brookings.edu)

 

[Dutch Oven]

Why did House Democrats underperform compared to Joe Biden? (brookings.edu)

It's an interesting read, but simply highlighting the vastly disproportionate number of Presidential Biden voters who didn't cast down ballot votes just begs the question - WHY? Why wouldn't a Dem supporter also try to elect his local congressional candidate? It makes no intuitive sense.

(Mind you, if you were really pressed for time, because it was already 2:30 in morning, or you were even more rushed because you had to get them postmarked by midnight (as was the rule in some states) you might have to settle for filling out as many Presidential ballots in as you could!)

 

[Valcazar]

"Biden's cratered approval numbers are a bad sign for Democrats in this midterm election year. The party in power traditionally faces headwinds in a president's first midterm, and when its president's approval rating is this low, that can spell even more trouble."
Biden approval hits another new low as more Democrats sour on him, poll finds : NPR

It's really an interesting sign that the Dems are doing as well as they are on the generic ballot numbers given how bad Biden's numbers are.
We saw a bit of this with Trump as well.
It may be that the Presidential numbers are becoming more de-coupled from the party numbers generally.

 

[Valcazar]

It's an interesting read, but simply highlighting the vastly disproportionate number of Presidential Biden voters who didn't cast down ballot votes just begs the question - WHY? Why wouldn't a Dem supporter also try to elect his local congressional candidate? It makes no intuitive sense.

Because there were a lot of people who normally identify as Republican who wanted Trump gone but still wanted to vote Republican like they normally do.

 

[Frankfooter]

It's really an interesting sign that the Dems are doing as well as they are on the generic ballot numbers given how bad Biden's numbers are.
We saw a bit of this with Trump as well.
It may be that the Presidential numbers are becoming more de-coupled from the party numbers generally.

Given the numbers, its quite likely there will be 2 different candidates in 2024.
That would be good.

But yes, dem numbers are going up while Biden's numbers are staying about the same.

 

[Darts]

Three more days before the election.

I notice President Obama is actively campaigning for Democrat candidates (no surprise).

Question 1: Did Obama ever explained how he got admitted to Columbia?

Question 2: Did Obama ever released his college transcript (like Trump didn't)?

Obama’s Secret College Transcripts (ibtimes.com)

 

[K Douglas]

Jan 1 someone got an early start discussing the mid-terms. Wasn't aware this thread existed and surprised it didn't get bumped sooner.
Obama campaigning has never worked and won't work here either.
Many are calling for a transformative election n which the Un Dems are wiped out. However, I don't see the GOP picking up as many congressional seats as they did in 2010 (65 house and 7 senate). But I don't think 45 and 4 are out of the question.

 

[Valcazar]

Three more days before the election.

I notice President Obama is actively campaigning for Democrat candidates (no surprise).

Question 1: Did Obama ever explained how he got admitted to Columbia?

Question 2: Did Obama ever released his college transcript (like Trump didn't)?

Obama’s Secret College Transcripts (ibtimes.com)

Question 1: He applied and was accepted. There's not actually much to explain.
Question 2: Don't know, but why would he? Who could possibly care about this other than Trump and his weird obsession with bullshit?

 

[Butler1000]

It's an interesting read, but simply highlighting the vastly disproportionate number of Presidential Biden voters who didn't cast down ballot votes just begs the question - WHY? Why wouldn't a Dem supporter also try to elect his local congressional candidate? It makes no intuitive sense.

(Mind you, if you were really pressed for time, because it was already 2:30 in morning, or you were even more rushed because you had to get them postmarked by midnight (as was the rule in some states) you might have to settle for filling out as many Presidential ballots in as you could!)

Same reason why 100,000's voted down ballot in 2016 but didn't vote for President at all. If they don't like either choice they will only make choices where they want too.

 

[Knuckle Ball]

I know for a fact that there are some intelligent and rational Americans.

I’m going to need you to produce some objective evidence from a credible source to verify this wild assumption.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Hyper inflation.
Sky high gas prices.
Stock market nosedive
Rampant crime everywhere.

Not exactly a good platform to run on for Dummycrats

 

[K Douglas]

Hyper inflation.
Sky high gas prices.
Stock market nosedive
Rampant crime everywhere.

Not exactly a good platform to run on for Dummycrats

4.5 million illegal immigrants have flooded through the southern border since Biden took office.
Fentanyl overdose deaths at an all time high. #1 killer of people aged 40 and under.

 

[jalimon]

4.5 million illegal immigrants have flooded through the southern border since Biden took office.
Fentanyl overdose deaths at an all time high. #1 killer of people aged 40 and under.

2 things that would have happened under Trump as well.

You are more intelligent then this Douglas.

 

[Darts]

By this time tomorrow we will have a good idea of the votes. The U.S. left coast is hardcore lefty so the Dems will probably sweep there. Also, 39 governor seats up for grabs.
Gubernatorial elections, 2022 - Ballotpedia

 

[dirtydaveiii]

4.5 million illegal immigrants have flooded through the southern border since Biden took office.
Fentanyl overdose deaths at an all time high. #1 killer of people aged 40 and under.

Wow you sure do a lot of BJ - Blaming Joe. Your blaming him for fentanyl now ? He surely must be responsible for the queens death too - she was alive when Trump held office. With these types of claims you might be the king of BJ

 

[K Douglas]

2 things that would have happened under Trump as well.

You are more intelligent then this Douglas.

I accept that the opioid overdose deaths would be rising under Trump as they did in 2020 to the tune of 37% year over year. But that unusual spike was more pandemic related than anything.
2021 (under Biden) they continued to increase by 18% and they continue to rise in 2022.

Southwest land border encounters by year since 2017

2017 (Trump) 415,191
2018 (Trump) 521,090
2019 (Trump) 977,509
2020 (Trump) 458,088

2021 (Biden) 1,734,686
2022 (Biden) 2,378,944

Trump solved the crisis of 2019 by adopting a remain in Mexico policy. That led to a huge drop in 2020. Then Biden came in and scrapped pretty much every Trump policy and look what happened. Oh and btw next to no deportations. This is a major threat to US national security.

 

[K Douglas]

Wow you sure do a lot of BJ - Blaming Joe. Your blaming him for fentanyl now ? He surely must be responsible for the queens death too - she was alive when Trump held office. With these types of claims you might be the king of BJ

Of course he shares some of the blame for the rise in deaths. More fentanyl is getting through the US-Mexico border than ever before.

 

[dirtydaveiii]

I accept that the opioid overdose deaths would be rising under Trump as they did in 2020 to the tune of 37% year over year. But that unusual spike was more pandemic related than anything.
2021 (under Biden) they continued to increase by 18% and they continue to rise in 2022.

Southwest land border encounters by year since 2017

2017 (Trump) 415,191
2018 (Trump) 521,090
2019 (Trump) 977,509
2020 (Trump) 458,088

2021 (Biden) 1,734,686
2022 (Biden) 2,378,944

Trump solved the crisis of 2019 by adopting a remain in Mexico policy. That led to a huge drop in 2020. Then Biden came in and scrapped pretty much every Trump policy and look what happened. Oh and btw next to no deportations. This is a major threat to US national security.

You think the united states shutting down its borders completely in 2020 might have had something to do with it ? So 2017 to 2019 under Trump the number of illegals more than doubled and remain in Mexico didn't do jack shit. From 2019 to 2021 the amount doubled again. So Trump is a genius and bidens an idiot for doing exactly the same thing ?