Prediction Thread: Midterm Elections: How will they go and what do you think will happen after?

[PLATO]

trump is not center stage because Democrats keep bringing him up. He's center stage because, like I said, his endorsement won 92% of Republican primaries. Whether or not you like it, he is the leader of the Republican party.

If we want it to end, Republicans need to stop voting for candidates that get his endorsements.

That is akin to saying that if Obama endorses a candidate and they lose that t is a reflection on Obama. The reason that Trump endorsed candidates continue to win is because the Democrats are keeping the pot stirring with TDS and keeping his base motivated. You are putting the cart before the horse.

[EPW]

Hillary Clinton's email server controls the Republican party.

[-Jrabbit]

If the midterms are indeed the result of "Dems keeping Trump's base motivated," the GOP is in serious trouble.

[pchang]

or perhaps that Trump endorses mostly candidates who were already ahead?

[Berzerker]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/

trumps unfavorables steady at 55%, Biden's probably close to that

[Donegeal]

The trump endorsed Republican Gubernatorial candidate has stated "If I win, Republicans will never lose an election again!". That's not Democracy. That's not Representative Republic. That's not "We the People". That's authoritarian, one party state, despotic demagoguery. THIS IS THE CANDIDATE trump ENDORSED! TDS is the most valid thing in this election. Our Government dies with trumpism. They have flat-out said so.

Ironically, the last time a trumpet brought up TDS to me he was arguing that all these election fraud cases that got thrown out for lack of merit counted as trump victories. Makes me realize that those spouting TDS at others are the ones who actually suffer from it: they seriously believe trump can do no wrong and everything is a win for him.

[Berzerker]

oh TDS is for real, I even had a touch of it back in 2017-18 until I found out all that Manchurian Candidate stuff was Hillary's red baiting

Trump is disgusting in many ways on a personal level but he didn't run around starting wars, and lets not forget Clinton and Biden voted for Bush's invasion of Iraq and Trump opposed it on Neil Cavuto's show, he asked Bush to focus on the economy and let the UN deal with Saddam.

We should have left when Bush 41 was done expelling him from Kuwait, but nope, we had to build army bases to enforce sanctions killing thousands more Iraqis inviting attacks from pissed off Muslims. Clinton enters office and doesn't change policy so the WTC got attacked. Bush 43 won and didn't change policy and we got 9/11.

Its almost like the people running our country knew what would happen, maybe even planned it. How do we get more control of the Middle East? Dupe Saddam into invading Kuwait and then kick him out and 'contain' him a while.

[EPW]

Absolutely bonkers. Luv you Berz

[Jon Miller]

To change the phrase a little. People who value short term wealth over freedom will have end up with neither.

JM

[Uncle Sparky]

Has the shooting started yet?

[Uncle Sparky]

[Uncle Sparky]

100% of the results are fake!!

Dewey wins!!!

Or the Dems held the senate, and maybe lost the house by 1 or 2.

But believe nothing!!!

What about her e-mails???

[Lorizael]

Return the power to the people.

Cool, cool.

I say we make political parties illegal...

...Return the power to the people by eliminating the right to free association guaranteed by the First Amendment?

[PLATO]

Dang that Constitution! LOL! Touche' Lorizael. Well said.

[EPW]

Wow, Democracy saved for 2 more years Not what I was expecting at all.

[Uncle Sparky]

Now, now. Rudy Giuliani hasn't declared the results yet. We don't know how fake the results are.

[BeBMan]

I was asleep. Who won?

SO MANY NUMBERS /Hulk

[I AM I AM I AM MOBIUS]

american elections are fake news

they've never been credible

american people aren't credible people

americans don't have legitimate political values

[Donegeal]

Not as apocalyptic as I thought... yet. Red wave crashed. A whole lot of 50/50. I take it as a win. Although it'll take a few days for them to realize this wasn't a win, the magaots will be out in force in at least Georgia and Arizona. Unknown if there will be any bloodshed.

[PLATO]

It seems that TDS can motivate both bases! Interesting that people polled said inflation and crime were their two top priorities but then they voted a different platform. Is America becoming afraid to say what they really think? Have we vilified each other into politically correct speech and not a true expression of our beliefs and ideals? At least people still vote their beliefs even if they don't express them.

[Jon Miller]

While I agree that crime has some bad examples for Democrats (see San Francisco), if I voted primarily on inflation I would still have voted for the Democrats.

Trump is at fault for a lot of the inflation that we are experiencing right now, the administration is mostly acting to solve it and Republican ideas to solve it (ending support to Ukraine and handing Taiwan to China) are unacceptable.

JM

[PLATO]

While I agree that crime has some bad examples for Democrats (see San Francisco), if I voted primarily on inflation I would still have voted for the Democrats.

Trump is at fault for a lot of the inflation that we are experiencing right now, the administration is mostly acting to solve it and Republican ideas to solve it (ending support to Ukraine and handing Taiwan to China) are unacceptable.

JM

Well, we disagree on inflation in general, but I will acknowledge that some of Trump's policies at the end were inflationary. However, it would be disingenuous to say that the current administration policies have not contributed to inflation in some significant ways.

We are in full agreement of the idiotic policies that some Republicans are spouting over Ukraine and Taiwan funding.