Only person ‘saying’ anything else is ole Donald…..
Fox News has predicted Democrats will win the House in the November midterm elections, the outlet’s first time predicting a Democratic win of either chamber during this election cycle.
“Combined with Democrats’ candidate quality improvements and a Republican-led redistricting effort that could fall short of expectations, the House is likely out of reach for the GOP this year,” Fox News contributor Rémy Numa wrote about his latest power rankings, which were released Tuesday.
The rankings showed Democrats winning 219 House seats to lock in a majority, with 20 races shifted toward Democrats. Republicans are expected to keep 198 seats, with 18 other races considered toss-ups.
“On a good night for the Democrats, the party will hold around 237 seats, or a gain of 22 from their current position,” Numa wrote. “That’s because toss-up seats have mostly fallen in one party’s direction in previous elections.”
He later added that a “great night” for Democrats would be to win some of the seats that lean Republican, giving them a boost with 249 seats. But if the toss-up seats go for Republicans, the GOP could end up with 216 seats, short of a majority but leaving the Democrats “with a mere two-vote cushion in the House.”
Numa said GOP losses and potential Democratic gains would be the result of rising gas, diesel and grocery prices, writing that voters “keep saying they are feeling the pressure of those increases and blame Republicans for them.”
The rankings show both parties are favored to win 47 seats in the Senate, with Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Texas named as toss-ups, any of which can determine who takes control of the upper chamber. Winning those seats gives Democrats the majority “with two seats to spare,” Numa wrote, adding that the forecast still sees a path to victory for the GOP….
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Some top congressional Republicans have privately concluded that it is likely impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused on limiting the scale of the defeat and salvaging the party’s Senate majority.
Five senior Republican lawmakers, all granted anonymity to speak candidly about their party’s dire position, told POLITICO the House had all but slipped away.
One senior House Republican said the GOP’s goal at this point was to “save as many Republican seats as we can.” The president, this person said, was not helping.
“President Trump has made this election all about himself,” the lawmaker said. “Now we have to survive that political storm.”….
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