2025 & 2026 Elections

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California Democrats are charging ahead with an ambitious and potentially expensive plan to squeeze between five and seven more Democratic seats out of their congressional map.

The goal: To offset the Republican redistricting in Texas — and potentially elsewhere — and win the House majority next year.

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Predictions are useless this far in advance is correct. Also, 2006 and 2018 were huge waves. We only need to pick up a few seats to regain control. That will almost certainly happen in the mid year.
 
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It's about leadership, or lack thereof, and awful messaging. Schumer is terrible. Jeffries is just a little better - at least he fought back when debating the bbb.

Beshear is much better at messaging.



When I see Newsom, somehow I see Matthew McConaughey...and that would be better, because the Uvalde, Texas native would bring along Woody Harrelson as VP.
 
Yeah, short of actual revelation of the Epstein files that show Trump with a dead girl or a live boy on footage, I don't actually expect some blue tidal wave or anything like that next year in the midterms. I know it's a veritable political eternity away from being election season but right now it feels like the Democrats are totally rudderless and are entirely reliant upon hoping and praying that the GOP continues to shoot itself in the dick (a safe bet, to be fair). I think the Democrats can win a slim House majority and pick up a Senate seat if they're competent (NC) or two if they're lucky (Maine). Beyond that, hard to see any seismic shift in the current political environment. But I'm just a guy shooting the shit on the internet. I know nothing.
 
CFordUNC said:
Yeah, short of actual revelation of the Epstein files that show Trump with a dead girl or a live boy on footage, I don't actually expect some blue tidal wave or anything like that next year in the midterms. I know it's a veritable political eternity away from being election season but right now it feels like the Democrats are totally rudderless and are entirely reliant upon hoping and praying that the GOP continues to shoot itself in the dick (a safe bet, to be fair). I think the Democrats can win a slim House majority and pick up a Senate seat if they're competent (NC) or two if they're lucky (Maine). Beyond that, hard to see any seismic shift in the current political environment. But I'm just a guy shooting the shit on the internet. I know nothing.
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I couldn't disagree more. The most likely outcome is a tidal wave. It doesn't really matter much if the Dems are rudderless. How would you describe the GOP in 2010? An organized juggernaut?

Midterm elections are almost always referenda on the current administration. Negative partisanship and outrage drives votes.
 
nycfan said:
California Democrats are charging ahead with an ambitious and potentially expensive plan to squeeze between five and seven more Democratic seats out of their congressional map.

The goal: To offset the Republican redistricting in Texas — and potentially elsewhere — and win the House majority next year.

punchbowl.news

7/17/25 ☀️ AM:

PRESENTED BY IN THIS EDITION House Dems are California dreamin’Senate passes rescissions package. Now what?The Vault: Crypto’s Congress crashoutTech:
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Unfortunate, but has to be done.

We can't live in a country in which the parties play by two different sets of rules.

Similar thing happened with Nebraska/Maine last year when the Republicans threatened to pull the Democratic electoral vote and Maine threatened to retaliate by pulling the Republican electoral vote -- so a detente was established.

If the Southern states continue to insist on massive gerrymandering, the coastal states must respond in kind to even things out. Unless and until there is a nonpartisan federal procedure for redistricting, the only way to preserve democracy is to abuse democracy in the individual states. Ultimately, this only leads to more and more partisanship in the House because the only thing that matters is the primary, not the general. But Republicans have forced the hand of democratic states.
 
superrific said:
I couldn't disagree more. The most likely outcome is a tidal wave. It doesn't really matter much if the Dems are rudderless. How would you describe the GOP in 2010? An organized juggernaut?

Midterm elections are almost always referenda on the current administration. Negative partisanship and outrage drives votes.
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Yeah great point. I am very likely overthinking.
 
Midterm elections usually favor the party out of power, and I still think the Democrats will do well in next year's elections. I'd be very surprised if they don't win back the House - they only need to gain about 5 seats, which is definitely possible even with gerrymandering. I also think they gain a seat or two in the Senate without winning control. Having said that, if the Democrats don't do well next year then Schumer and Jeffries and the rest of the Congressional Dem leadership needs to be gone, stat. No excuses not to do well given all of the opportunities that Trump & Company are giving them.
 
"Only 19% of registered voters approve of the way Democrats in Congress are handling their job. Even among Democratic voters, a majority (52%) disapprove of congressional Democrats while only 39% say they’re satisfied."

I think Luntz is trying to make a case that just doesn't matter. If I were asked if I approve of how Democrats are doing their job in Congress I would say no. But I think most of those being polled would still vote to limit Trump's congressional support now that they have seen how lawlessly he is acting.
 
farce© said:
"Only 19% of registered voters approve of the way Democrats in Congress are handling their job. Even among Democratic voters, a majority (52%) disapprove of congressional Democrats while only 39% say they’re satisfied."

I think Luntz is trying to make a case that just doesn't matter. If I were asked if I approve of how Democrats are doing their job in Congress I would say no. But I think most of those being polled would still vote to limit Trump's congressional support now that they have seen how lawlessly he is acting.
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Yep. There’s a difference between disapproving of how members of a party are doing their job and not voting for members of that party/voting for members of the opposing party.
 
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