Barack Obama will likely have to work with a Republican Senate. Yahoo/AFP
Republicans are poised to take the Senate away from Democrats in the 2014 mid-term elections, according to new polling. Yahoo/AFP. The New York times polling says that Republicans have a 67% chance of winning the senate and the Washington Post says that they have a 76% chance. Nate Silver, a very respected predictor of elections gives Republicans a 60% chance. Democrats are not really contesting their seats in Montana, South Dakota and West Virginia, and Republicans only need to hold onto their current seats and win three more. Alaska, Arkansas and Colorado are the main battleground states while Iowa went from a dead heat to a six point lead for the Republican candidate. However, Democrats may take a seat away from Republicans in Kansas due to an Independent candidate who might caucus with them.
My Comment:
Not too surprising. Mid-term elections tend to be a slaughter for the incumbent president's party in the best of situations. With how unpopular Obama is and how messed up everything is right now I predict that will remain the case this year. Having said that though, if Republicans do manage to capture the senate I don't see too much happening. Obama has shown time and again that he won't work with Republicans and they have shown the same thing to him. He can still veto any legislation he doesn't like and Republicans won't be able to muscle through whatever they want.
As for my state, neither of our senators are up for election. We do have a very important governors race that could go either way. Scott Walker is up for election after the recall he had back in 2012. The race is a dead heat and has national implications since Walker is considered a possible Republican candidate for 2016. Either way though, I have to remember to register to vote!
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