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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 03:38 PM Aug 2018

2020 is a better year for Democrats to regain control of the US Senate than 2018.

2018- Democrats need to win every Democratic held seat up in 2018 including FL,MO,and ND,and pick up AZ and NV. TN and TX will be Democratic pickups if 2018 is a Democratic wave/tsunami.
2020- Democrats will win every Democratic held seat up in 2020 except AL. Democrats will pick up AZ special,CO,and NC. ME-if Collins-R retires,loses in primary or votes to confirm Kavanaugh. MT if Bullock-D or Schweitzer-D are the Democratic Nominee.

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2020 is a better year for Democrats to regain control of the US Senate than 2018. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Aug 2018 OP
Nah sayers and doomsday predictors, dime a dozen, imo saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #1
Dems WILL regain the Senate in 2018 The Zephyr Aug 2018 #2
Wanna get rich? SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #3
I don't follow the betting houses and have a question. Yonnie3 Aug 2018 #4
Don't know, but I have read several times SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #7
That may be too late to save the republic. AJT Aug 2018 #5
Granted tirebiter Aug 2018 #6
 

The Zephyr

(16 posts)
2. Dems WILL regain the Senate in 2018
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 03:45 PM
Aug 2018

albeit very tiny majority. That will be strengthened in 2020, just in time for the new POTUS.

SCantiGOP

(13,873 posts)
3. Wanna get rich?
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 04:06 PM
Aug 2018

The betting houses in London, which are usually correct and are seldom off by much, have the Dems chance of picking up the Senate in 2018 at less than 10%.
The Dems have to hold onto 26 seats, while only 9 Repubs are up for grabs.
Hey, I'll be up all night on Nov 6 and hoping for the best, but it will be like pulling for the Marlins to beat the Red Sox in the World Series.

Yonnie3

(17,485 posts)
4. I don't follow the betting houses and have a question.
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 04:21 PM
Aug 2018

Can you access the history of odds? I wonder what 'rumps odds were at this time of year in 2016.

SCantiGOP

(13,873 posts)
7. Don't know, but I have read several times
Sun Aug 26, 2018, 05:50 PM
Aug 2018

that the British betting houses have a better track record than any of the major polls in the US. It's basically crowd-sourced info, and unlike polls where people will lie (i.e., the famous "shy Trump voters" who didn't want to admit they were going to vote for him), when people are betting money they leave emotion and preference out of their selection.

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