The Senate, where the GOP holds 53 seats, remains a toss-up, the conservative outlet says

For the first time this year, Fox News is projecting that Democrats will win control of the House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections.

In its latest power rankings Tuesday, the conservative outlet forecast that Democrats are favored to capture 219 seats — one more than the 218 needed for a majority. Republicans were favored in 198 races, while 18 contests remained toss-ups.

“The House is likely out of reach for the GOP this year,” according to the Fox News analysis. “The Democratic Party has enjoyed a lead in the House all year. Now, as another 20 races shift leftward, this forecast sees the Democrats taking control.”

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    In don’t believe it.

    These same stories come out every election cycle, especially from right-wing news sources. “The left are going to take the senate” “The dems are going to have a landslide victory”

    It’s propaganda with two goals:

    • to fire up their base and encourage them to vote against the enemy that is somehow lesser, but also a threat.
    • To create placidity in Democrat voters. If it’s in the bag, then I don’t have to skip out on a day of minimum wage work to cast my vote. The landslide will sort it out.
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    The writing’s on the wall and Donald’s starting to lay the groundwork for an “emergency.” He just sued California alleging non-citizen voting. His DHS claimed 16,000 non-citizen votors in Nevada, trimmed the list to 185, and then when Nevada checked all 185 on the list, it went to 0.

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    That will engage their population to vote and put the ‘left’ at ease, maybe not to vote.

    What they say doesn’t matter, the only thing that matters is for us to vote.

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      Democrats trailing in the polls = give up chance of flipping seat and don’t vote

      Democrats doing well in polls = don’t bother to vote it’s in the bag

      Are the only good poll numbers nail biting 50/50?

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        Fuck poll numbers. I’ve marked every political and polling message I’ve received as spam. They can find out my vote when I cast it. Go vote people, ignore polls.

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      22 hours ago

      was about to say almost the exact same thing.

      Regardless of whatever they say. Don’t get lazy. Don’t get complacent. Get off your ass and go vote, no matter what it takes

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    Polls like this will just galvanize the magats and lull the left into staying home and letting someone else vote.

    I’m already calling it for another republican majority. How this is even close is beyond my comprehension, but America.

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    I just hope it isn’t donorcrats who are helming the Democratic ship. They have a tendency of going around in circles.

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    Hmmm a 20 seat lead MIGHT make a difference… Depends how many dinos like Collins get a seat but will vote with Republicans everytime.

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    We need an army of kamikaze progressives willing to run for everything from dog catcher to Senate/Governor. Wave after wave of people willing to be one term politicians, dedicated to policy.

    Policy, policy, policy.

    No more cults of personality. That’s how they peel off popular support.

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      Yeah I don’t believe anything else Fox News says, why would I believe them about this? They may just be trying to motivate.

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        Yes, motivation… which is actually hatred & greed in this case. These “people” would never admit to failure unless it benefits them, it’s a tactic besharted forth to get the fence sitting MAGATs to vote against their better interests so they can “own the Dems”.

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            … because if they lose & justice prevails they’ll all face the injustices they have enacted upon the entire world???

            …geeze, buy me a drink first before you get me all turned on like this.

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        Fox News polls are scientifically sound and empirically rigorous. They’ve consistently been one of the most accurate pollsters over the last decade.

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    I’m all for Dem wins. My prediction is they won’t be able to do much, and get blamed for too much time on hearings, maga will ignore subpoenas and otherwise drag it all out. Dems get blamed for not fixing all the damage, since people ignore that they don’t have the presidency, or enough majority in senate. Some people imply by comments in various places, that they think they can vote for president this election. If that’s the lack of civic comprehension the voting public has, it’s no wonder they flippantly swing back and forth and keep regressing with maga.

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      As usual. “fix everything in 24 months or we throw the bums back in”.

      Democrats actually have to do things.

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        Yep. And the Murc’s Law Media gives a great big democracy-crushing assist with their bOtHsIdeS bullshit.

        Republicans run the place, leave everything broken, in the ditch, and covered it all the poo they flung.

        Democrats get back in, have a lot of backstabbers and feet-draggers, but don’t have much of an edge anyway, and if they don’t fix everything in mere months, the “liberal media” starts the drumbeat of how voters are having vibes about the economy being bad or whatever…

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    I hope gas goes up to ten dollars a gallon and Peter Theil somehow has a change of heart and becomes like Jesus and donates all his money to ending world hunger and making sure that tech companies behave ethically and transparently

    I also hope they make another video game like deadly creatures where you can play a tarantula who acts like a cowboy sorta

    Also dear God please make sure that Republicans fuck up all their shit like they already be doin’ so intensely right now.

    Amen.