The Electoral Ramifications of a Supreme Court Fight

[DonViejo]

June 28, 2018 at 6:32 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “Any Democrat who votes for this new nominee will anger a certain percentage of Democrats even in very red states. These Democratic voters may choose not to show up at the polls or may stop donating money to express their displeasure. Or, if the red state Democrats vote against Trump’s pick, they might energize more Republican presidential voters to turn out and support their GOP opponents. In McConnell’s calculation, heads they lose, tails they lose.”

“McConnell knows all this. He doesn’t care all that much how Democratic senators end up voting on the justice-nominee so long as he can keep his own caucus together. Assuming a vote before the midterm — McConnell said the Senate will vote on a replacement ‘this fall’ — the majority leader will attempt to make each red state Democrat pay a dear price on Election Day whether they vote for or against the nominee.”

Rick Klein: “The Democrats have a waking nightmare along with a bad hand that they could play into something worse. What may help their chances in House races may hurt them in the Senate, with an already restive base primed for the fight of all fights with Trump on any number of fronts.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/06/28/the-electoral-ramifications-of-a-supreme-court-fight/

[onlyadream]

1. I don't think Dems are going to sit out the election as a protest

At this point, most Dems know how important it is to get out there with a meaningful vote, regardless.

[Iliyah]

2. Never fails does it.

Closer the elections, Democrats are always in a doom and gloom situation or in disarray mode per many many articles.

[Squinch]

3. I love how republicans keep telling us how we're going to sit out the election.

As if their wishing would make it so.

[Phoenix61]

4. Mitch wants this vote to happen after the

mid-terms. Repukes are highly motivated by SCOTUS picks while,sadly, Dems don't seem to be. He is hoping it will rally enough repukes to vote and save them from the blue wave. I think it's a miscalculation on his part. Yes, Twitler's base would like to roll us back to 1950 but I don't think the rest of the repuke party wants to go there. They are already shedding young voters and pushing a conservative judge will cost them the rest.