Democrats Will Easily Pick Up Senate Seats
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 18th, 2008 4:44 am by HL
Democrats Will Easily Pick Up Senate Seats
“Even the top Republican in charge of the party’s Senate campaigns concedes that the GOP will lose seats this year — the only question is how many,” Associated Press reports.
“Democrats have solid chances of winning five seats, according to strategists in both parties and public polls, and realistic shots at picking off another three to five Republican senators. Republicans have only one good opportunity for replacing a Democrat, in Louisiana.”
Meanwhile, “the scent of defeat threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy: Republican donors are sitting on their hands, giving Democrats a nearly 2-to-1 advantage in fundraising that limits the GOP’s ability to defend key seats.”
CQ: Senate Seats to Watch.
PPP Poll: Deadlocked in Ohio
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Ohio shows Sen. John McCain catching Sen. Barack Obama. After two months with Obama in the lead, the race is now tied at 45% each.
Key findings: “Party unity is an issue for Obama in the Buckeye State. While McCain has an 89-7 lead with voters who identify as Republicans, Obama has a narrower 75-17 edge with Democrats. Delving deeper into the numbers, it appears that residual unhappiness from Hillary Clinton supporters could be the cause. The 25% of Democrats who currently either support McCain or are undecided are disproportionately middle aged, white, and female or in other words prototypical Clinton voters. Ohio is one state where some joint appearances of the former Democratic foes might do the nominee some good.”
Nonetheless, Obama “is able to keep the race tied overall due to a 45-28 lead with independents voters.”
