Things have to go KEEP going their way with Trump’s actions against voters support….
The GOP remains favored to retain control, given that Democrats would need to win in states that favor Republicans. But those odds have been consistently shifting in Democrats’ favor as Trump’s poll numbers slide.
“In the first administration, the economy was his superpower,” said Lindsey Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive think tank that works on economic issues. “That phenomenon was critical to his reelection. People remembered him as strong on the economy.”
But those ratings are plummeting. An Associated Press-NORC poll released this week showed 70 percent of those polled in April disapproved of how Trump was handling the economy, up from 61 percent in March. A Fox News poll released this week shows more gloom for Republicans: voters trusted Democrats on the economy more than Republicans for the first time since May 2010, and the economy remains a top concern.
To gain control of the Senate, Democrats must defend all their current seats on the ballot and flip at least four red states — all of which Trump has won three times.
“That’s where, ultimately, the majority is going to be won or lost,” said Kyle Kondik, an analyst for Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan elections website and newsletter….
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