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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Polls released this week
InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022 3hSenate Polls released this week
Maine (Emerson)
🟦 Platner: 48% (+7)
🟥 Collins: 41%
Alaska (ASR)
🟦 Peltola: 52.4% (+4.8)
🟥 Sullivan: 47.6%
North Carolina (Harper)
🟦 Cooper: 49% (+8)
🟥 Whatley: 41%
New Hampshire (Emerson)
🟦 Pappas: 45% (+1)
🟥 Sununu: 44%
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PhilosopherKing
(416 posts)And it would do well in New Hampshire
biophile
(1,417 posts)Bluetus
(2,783 posts)That poll is way too close for comfort. So far, Dems are failing to make the Trump stank stick to other Republicans.
Miami Blue
(374 posts)Lets do it, Democrats. 💪🏻
mikewv
(257 posts)We need 218 seats in the House and 51 in the Senate for simple majorities. This means we need 3 more seats in the House and 4 more in the Senate than we currently have. Yes, having more would be nice, especially in the House and because of Fetterman in the Senate. In the House, I think we win anywhere between 8-15 seats. In the senate, I like our chances of holding onto GA, NH, MN and MI at this point. I think we have a good chance of winning Maine, North Carolina and Ohio (Yes, only because Trump is unpopular atm). That puts us at 50. Peltola in Alaska is interesting considering Trump's negatives. We need 51. Alaska? Texas? Iowa? South Carolina? Florida? We only need 1 of the 5. This could all change tomorrow.
EdmondDantes_
(1,783 posts)But I'm less confident about Ohio given Brown already lost and how red the state has gotten. But as you note, Trump is underwater.
mikewv
(257 posts)as for Brown in Ohio? Who knows. Trump is not popular at the moment in Ohio but we will see
newdeal2
(5,400 posts)And some of these other names Im unsure about (particularly Alaska) how theyd vote in some important areas.
displacedvermoter
(4,471 posts)But we fight elections with the Democrats we have, not the ones we would choose.
(paraphrasing Donald Rumsfeld, war criminal).
Fiendish Thingy
(23,196 posts)Senate will be tough, but even if we just get to 50, 2028 is a much more favourable landscape for Dems in the senate, and we should be able to add to that number easily.
AZLD4Candidate
(6,776 posts)mucifer
(25,664 posts)Wiz Imp
(9,979 posts)Name one Democratic piece of legislation he voted against? Here's a hint. There isn't one. He didn't oppose any democratic initiatives when they held the majority.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,600 posts)pragmatically we need 52 minimum for voting. Fetterman. We also have to consider he may actually switch sides, formally.
Sorry, I didn't mean to step on toes. I responded before reading all of the replies. Just mark me down for 52.
LuvLoogie
(8,810 posts)If it's that close.
Wiz Imp
(9,979 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(6,776 posts)Ohio is an open seat.
Georgia we're on defense
Kentucky is an open seat
Texas and Florida are long shots, but. . .
We need five seats since Fetterman has turned into Sinema.
Wiz Imp
(9,979 posts)Fetterman never voted against any democratic proposed legislation when the Democrats were in the majority.