GOP Senate majority besieged on multiple fronts

[babylonsister]

GOP Senate majority besieged on multiple fronts
Entering the final week before the election, Democrats are on offense in a broad array of states.
By JAMES ARKIN
10/25/2020 08:55 AM EDT



Democrats began the 2020 election cycle with only a narrow path back to the Senate majority. But entering the final week before the election, there are competitive races everywhere.

Republicans are scrambling resources into red and purple states alike — from Kansas and South Carolina to Iowa and North Carolina — cutting down Democrats’ massive financial edge and hoping for a late-breaking turn in their favor, similar to four years ago. But their defensive posture underscores just how broad the playing field is, with nearly a dozen Republican senators in various levels of danger, and only two Democratic seats at risk.

Democrats aren’t declaring the chamber won, given that the map still tilts heavily toward red states. But their paths back to the majority have expanded significantly as the election nears its close, leaving party strategists more optimistic about their chances than two years ago — when retaking the Senate seemed next to impossible, even in a wave election.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/25/senate-election-republican-majority-432213

[beachbumbob]

1. wave elections are difficult to predict the outcome BUT we do KNOW record numbers of

early votes being cast and record numbers of younger voters voting. Neither indicates a positive outcome for republicans AND way easy for even reliable pollsters missing. There is no such thing as a shy trump voter. Exact opposite with the shy Biden voter within a trump supporting household