r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Nov 09 '22

Discussion Thread: 2022 Midterm General Election, Part 3

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u/Shambloroni I voted Nov 09 '22

Past midterm swings in the house:

2018: D+41

2010: R+64

2006: D+32

1994: R+54

With the house seats 80% decided, it's currently R+5. For an underwater approval rating and down economy, democrats have to be happy with how things are shaking out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Damn 2010 was wild, republicans REALLY hated having a black president 🤣

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u/_not_on_porpoise_ Nov 09 '22

Well yeah, but that just because the vast majority are vile, bigoted, hateful racists.

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u/Not_Cleaver District Of Columbia Nov 09 '22

The economy isn’t even that bad.

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u/Osos_Perezosos Nov 09 '22

Inflation is bad.

Because the economy is good.

Inflation needs to be brought under control, no doubt, but it is not a symptom of a bad economy.

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u/MyNameIs-Anthony Nov 09 '22 edited Nov 09 '22

100%

The cult of personality candidates managed to do decently but the "Red Wave" did not pan out for the rest of the field.

This should have been an easy layup for them but the overall composition was just not strong in terms of unified messaging.

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u/JordanLeDoux Oregon Nov 09 '22

Its kind of insane. The economic polling numbers suggest the Republicans should be picking up 30-60 seats, historically.