Everyone is somewhat afraid to say this, but the consistent theme here in state after state is polling indicating a historic Democratic tidal wave in November. It can’t just be "candidate quality" if it’s Schmitt, Rubio, Budd, Schmidt, Laxalt, Lombardo, etc. all struggling and races where a Republican is actually in the lead being few and far between.
Pretty clear that there’s going to be history written this November. Either this will be the best midterm election for the President's party since 1934 or the worst performance in American history for the polling industry. It’s your choice.
Idk, we saw plenty of flawed Republican Senate candidates underperform the rest of the ticket in years past. It’s not completely out of the question. Florida and Wisconsin, I agree, are likely R wins.
Sure, that would explain races like PA, where I don’t doubt that Oz will trail a generic R by a noticeable margin. But what about races with more generic Republican candidates, who have also been struggling and whose underperformances have been comparable to Oz's in some cases — FL, NC, MO, NV, even IA, etc.?
I’m not asking this to mock, it’s a genuine question/observation. It can’t just be that
every Republican candidate is extremist or weak. I’m also wondering why they’re all performing so much worse than even Donald Trump in 2020? How are they even more unacceptable to the electorate than Donald Trump himself? So many questions...
