How Likely Is It that the Democrats Will Take Back Congress?

[egbertowillies]

As America looks ahead to November 2018 and the midterm congressional elections, the issue arises as to what effect President Donald Trump will have on the outcome.

Normally the President’s party loses seats and sometimes control of one or both houses of Congress. In the House of Representatives, since Woodrow Wilson’s first midterm election in 1914, the party in power has lost seats. The only exceptions: in 1934, when Franklin D. Roosevelt saw a gain of 9 seats in the lower chamber; in 1998, when Bill Clinton, in his second midterm saw a gain of 5 seats; and in 2002, when George W. Bush saw a gain of 8 seats.

https://egbertowillies.com/2018/02/13/likely-democrats-take-congress/

[chuckstevens]

1. No faith the election will clean or fair

They will cheat and we will be told to "get over it" like 2000, 2004, 2016.

[spanone]

2. with trump encouraging the russians to help themselves, it won't be a fair playing field ....

again

[bearsfootball516]

3. House is Likely; Senate is Possible, but unlikely

[tonyt53]

4. Fairly slim. Voter rolls will be be purged. You can count on it.

Several states will put in new voter eligibility rules. They will make it as hard as they possibly can for people, especially minorities, to vote. Some states will make those changes hoping that a challenge to their new rules won't have time to hit the SC.

[lagomorph777]

5. Depends on whether states defend their election systems.

Obviously the Trump administration and DC RePutins are actively courting Putin's election interference, so states are on their own - and RePutins in state governments look like they don't want a real election either.

[turnitup]

6. We will take back congress

and hopefully the senate, but definitely congress

[Va Lefty]

7. Way too early to make a guess

Traitor don will continue to divide the Nation with his fake news and cultural wars. gop will have Koch brothers $ and russian hackers in their corner. God help us if there is a major terrorist attack before Nov.