Blue wave NOT: Real Clear Politics chief sees shifts to GOP
TNS (The National Sentenial)
(TNS) Red Wave: A co-founder of Real Clear Politics told Fox Business‘ Stuart Varney on Wednesday that his polling group isn’t seeing the alleged “blue wave” that Democrats have been predicting for the past year leading up to the 2018 midterm elections.
Rather, Tom Bevan said, RCP is actually seeing shifts toward Republicans, suggesting that not only will the GOP keep the House and Senate but the party may even expand its numbers in both chambers.
“Look if you were talking about a blue wave you would expect it to be cresting. Right? If a wave was coming you’d expect it to be building and building. Here we are 13 days out from the midterms and that’s not what I’m seeing,” said Bevan
“We’re seeing the president’s job approval rating going up. We’re seeing the generic ballot number holding, Democrats in the advantage but not building” as it should be, he continued.
“And certainly, in some of these swing districts, we’re seeing a hand-to-hand combat, a race-by-race battle in these House districts around the country. And obviously, in the Senate, it seems to be moving in the Republican’s direction… Democrats may take the House but this is certainly not shaping up to be a big blue wave,” he added.
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