Four weeks from today, Americans will go to the polls and set the country’s course for the next two years.Heads up to Republicans: things are shifting.The liberal media is positively giddy over polls showing Republicans lagging in key Senate races, and others showing the GOP likely to lose the House.
But are their happy forecasts of a blue wave likely to prove right?Maybe, but there are signs that voters are beginning to look at Democrat candidates more closely, and they don’t like what they see.When long-time Democrat Debra Messing endorses Republican Bruce Blakeman for governor in New York State over incumbent Kathy Hochul, something is afoot.
Incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins, considered vulnerable by Democrats, now leads her opponent and Michigan Democrat candidate Abdul El-Sayed just lost the endorsement of an important union.Meanwhile, in Minnesota, which went for Kamala Harris in 2024, candidate Michele Tafoya could become the first Republican senator from the state since 2009.MORNING GLORY: FIVE SENATE RACES SHOW WHY DEMOCRATS MAY REGRET THEIR PRIMARY CHOICESDemocrats are not popular.
For all they celebrate Donald Trump’s low approval ratings, the reality is that the Real Clear Polling averages put Democrats’ favorability at 39%, exactly tied with the president.The media are also playing up worst-case scenarios in a determined effort to drive down Republican turnout and campaign funds.It’s a clever strategy.
If voters think their cause is lost, they may well stay home and decline to back local candidates.LEE CARTER: POLLS SAY DEMOCRATS COULD SWAMP REPUBLICANS.AS A POLLSTER, I HAVE A QUESTIONNote to voters: it’s far too early to reach that conclusion.
Much can change between now and November.The polls are seemingly becoming less reliable with every election cycle and can also be easily manipulated.
In a recent New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena survey of Maine that shows Collins in the lead, for instance, the surprised autho...