2022 midterm polls

[Eric the Green]

(10-19-2022, 11:53 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(10-18-2022, 12:05 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: I understand that to the youth (Biden) does not seem like the ideal candidate. And Obama warned them already that they can't wait for a savior. "You can't opt out because you don't feel sufficiently inspired by this or that particular candidate. This is not a rock concert; this is not Coachella. You don't need a messiah; all we need are decent, hardworking people, who are accountable, and who have America's best interests at heart". So yes, he's a placeholder for them, but there's no-one else to take his place, and they need to realize that, and support him. A savior may never come, whether young or old. They may not give Biden approval in the opinion polls, but they may vote Democratic anyway, and vote for him against some Republican idiot in 2024. Let us pray that they do. 

The real issue isn't who they would choose but how many will show up.  The young are notorious for blowing this off.  John Della Volpe from Harvard (youth politics is his beat) think that the threat this cycle,may be great enough to get the turnout above 40%, just don't depend on it.

Eric Wrote:The Johnson-Barnes race looks bad at the moment, but the polls are still rather inconsistent. North Carolina margins are slight, but hard to overcome. Ohio is still possible. Florida seems out of the question. Even a 4% Rubio lead there means a lot of deceived folks. Georgia doesn't look bad, and Warnock is lucky to have such a ludicrous opponent, but Nevada is tight. The latest two polls show the Democratic leading by 2 or 3 points. The House generic polls look better today. People need to get the message. To vote for Republicans this year is to vote away their right to vote.

Of the listed many, the race in Florida is a bit of a wildcard.  Last night, Val Demings did what the milquetoast many have not: she took the fight to Rubio.  If anyone was on defense, it was him.  Sadly, it's too late to make this the pattern, but it's encouraging that it seems to have finally reached the cerbral cortex of at least a few Democrats running for office and "the pros" who typically misguide them to be nonconfrontational: confrontation is the only option!

The latest polls seem to put the Tim Ryan hopes out of reach. Ohio voters are reverting to their usual embrace of tyranny these days. So right now it looks like the Senate will remain status quo, which combined with the House according to the pundits going Republican, almost nothing will be achieved by our government in the next two years, and much may be damaged beyond repair. Very sad, but what can we do. We are at the mercy of the stupidity and callousness of American voters-- and non-voters as you point out. Everything is on the ballot, and the people are voting their lives and freedom away.

And if people blame Biden for their own mistake, as they are already doing right now, then he is in danger of losing in 2024 too.