bearkat42
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With Republicans in a state of total collapse, a new analysis shows that Democrats are now favored to win back the Senate in 2016.
The two-pronged problem of the ugly Republican nomination fight and the decision by Senate Republicans to obstruct President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee has already done grave damage to the GOP’s odds of keeping control of the Senate. Polling within the last week has revealed that as many as eight Republican incumbent Senators are being damaged by the Supreme Court nominee obstruction. Four of the endangered eight incumbents reside in blue states. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) were already underdogs in 2016 who are facing an even more challenging path to reelection.
Polling also reveals that Donald Trump will drive a sizable percentage of Republican voters to vote for Hillary Clinton. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump both have approval ratings in the 30s. Both Cruz and Trump will narrow the Republican electorate by alienating moderates and Independents. The combination of Senate Republicans obstructing Obama’s SCOTUS nominee and an extremist with a limited appeal at the top of the GOP ticket looks like it will lead to Democrats, not only keeping the White House but also taking back the Senate in 2016.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/08/democrats-favored-win-senate-trump-cruz.html
The two-pronged problem of the ugly Republican nomination fight and the decision by Senate Republicans to obstruct President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee has already done grave damage to the GOP’s odds of keeping control of the Senate. Polling within the last week has revealed that as many as eight Republican incumbent Senators are being damaged by the Supreme Court nominee obstruction. Four of the endangered eight incumbents reside in blue states. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) were already underdogs in 2016 who are facing an even more challenging path to reelection.
Polling also reveals that Donald Trump will drive a sizable percentage of Republican voters to vote for Hillary Clinton. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump both have approval ratings in the 30s. Both Cruz and Trump will narrow the Republican electorate by alienating moderates and Independents. The combination of Senate Republicans obstructing Obama’s SCOTUS nominee and an extremist with a limited appeal at the top of the GOP ticket looks like it will lead to Democrats, not only keeping the White House but also taking back the Senate in 2016.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/08/democrats-favored-win-senate-trump-cruz.html