We all know how President Donald Trump thinks about polls, polling companies and election prognosticators, but here’s one analysis he should be reading. According to FiveThirtyEight, Dems are pretty much screwed even if they perform well in the 2018 election:
[new article] Democrats' Geography Problem Is Even Worse Than You Think https://t.co/Qr0HAfrS8Q
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 7, 2017
Here’s the money paragraph that says even if Dems do well, they could lose 5 Senate seats:
Stunninghttps://t.co/6d2BEf0yNF pic.twitter.com/lFaccBDRBQ
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 7, 2017
Like we said, Dems are screwed:
When reality hits you in the face https://t.co/VieC3OPlX4
— shannon (@sevans1375) August 8, 2017
Dems "must defend 25 of their 48 seats [in 2018] while Republicans must defend just eight of their 52."https://t.co/4T6KLfd1EQ
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) August 7, 2017
No amount of redistricting can change this problem for the Dems in the Senate. https://t.co/CR4FsjS2tI https://t.co/eSbfQ11jQ3 pic.twitter.com/GAuGDH7IyI
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 7, 2017
Correcting: Despite Trump problems, Dems really worry about this math in 2018 – especially if economy does OK or better https://t.co/TqkJq0RRpR
— John Fund (@johnfund) August 8, 2017
Thanks, Obama?
i get he's "cool" and does well on late-night interviews, but it's really hard to minimize how much obama fucked up the democratic party https://t.co/wefa94sEss
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) August 8, 2017
And the Dem response will be more shouty marches, but that won’t work:
I don't think shouting "RESIST" is going to solve this problemhttps://t.co/OddWqZXC7p
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 7, 2017
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