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peggysue2

(11,460 posts)
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 11:29 AM Oct 2018

Poll to Dispel the Doom & Gloom

WaPo published the results of a poll in 69 House battleground districts where Dems lead by an average of 4 points. And before anyone says O.M.G., only 4 points! Please note the following:

By way of comparison, in 2016 these same districts favored Republican candidates over Democratic ones by 15 percentage points, 56 percent to 41 percent.


Yeah, that's a definite shift in our direction, in a race where we need 23 seats to gain the majority. The biggest change?

Women are driving Democratic support in the battleground districts, favoring the party’s candidates by 54 percent to 40 percent.


We can do this! And anyone saying that the Kavanaugh debacle will bring women home to the GOP is flat-out daft.

November 6th. We drive these suckers into the sea.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-of-battleground-house-districts-shows-democrats-with-narrow-edge/2018/10/07/f45e13f2-c812-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html?utm_term=.15fb1d7370fa

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Poll to Dispel the Doom & Gloom (Original Post) peggysue2 Oct 2018 OP
I DO NOT CARE! redstatebluegirl Oct 2018 #1
Yes and one of the ways . . . peggysue2 Oct 2018 #3
+19 Point Shift is Significant Stallion Oct 2018 #2
It's very significant peggysue2 Oct 2018 #4
Thank you, Peggy Sue! Bradshaw3 Oct 2018 #5
Indeed! peggysue2 Oct 2018 #6

redstatebluegirl

(12,471 posts)
1. I DO NOT CARE!
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 11:32 AM
Oct 2018

Don't look at polls, GOTV! They are doing everything they can to make sure they stay in power. They lie, cheat and steal elections. GOTV! Make sure we have poll watchers at EVERY poll!!!!

peggysue2

(11,460 posts)
3. Yes and one of the ways . . .
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 11:51 AM
Oct 2018
They are doing everything they can to make sure they stay in power.

is by writing a false narrative of 'oh noes, all is lost.' For us, the Democrats. the majority in this country who fought the good fight against Kavanaugh and are on track to bust their nuts.

I agree. Polls will not turn the tide but they sure as hell can improve outlook and do the very thing you're demanding: GOTV and fight like our lives depended on it. Because they do.



peggysue2

(11,460 posts)
4. It's very significant
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 11:53 AM
Oct 2018

Now, we work to turn those numbers into a reality.

We vote en masse. We win for everyone.

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