Democrats Have a Good Shot at Winning the House

[DonViejo]

October 14, 2017 at 11:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

The Cook Political Report changed ratings on 12 individual House races across the country and 11 of the 12 shifted to the benefit of Democrats.





David Wasserman, the author of the report, told CNBC: “Democrats are on the cusp of where they need to be to take the House back… Everything we’re seeing now is a mirror image of 2009.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/10/14/democrats-good-shot-winning-house/

[tritsofme]

1. Democrats are +7 or 8 on the generic ballot. We have to assume the House is in play.

Wave elections can demolish majorities, and gerrymandering won't save them.

After large wave elections in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2014, no one should be surprised by a new Democratic wave in 2018.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Will our voting system be secure by then? Or will Russia continue to have control

over our elections?

[Dawson Leery]

3. We have an 8 point average lead.

We will need that to counter the effects of gerrymandering.

[ClarendonDem]

4. Would love to see Dems

Retake the House, if for no other reason than to see Trump's meltdown. He doesn't handle adversity well.