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Post #1081955

Author
CatBus
Parent topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Date created
7-Jun-2017, 2:30 PM

CatBus said:

As long as Trump’s approval stays above ~32%, they keep the Senate–with no real risk of losing it until 2022.

A few more serious hits and I may change my fairly dismal 2018 predictions.

That said, further progress would involve changing the minds of people who approve of Trump today, so it would take quite a lot. Each percentage point is harder-fought than the last, especially when you’re digging into core support.

Also worth noting–once Trump hits or slips under ~32%, Republican Senators up for re-election may show a sudden interest in joining their Democratic peers in the congressional oversight process, as a way to improve their odds (i.e. erasing their history of stonewalling for Trump). Which would also be a good outcome, one that could yield results before 2019.