After the latest polling, Republican strategists must feel an awful lot like Democrats did during Joe Biden’s “Weekend at Bernie’s” debate performance — sick. The lopsided numbers screaming from the latest generic ballots have not course-corrected after a rocky summer, despite the absurd things coming out of the mouths of unapologetically anti-American candidates like Abdul El-Sayed (D). Now, with a handful of weeks until the midterms, conservatives are clinging to the hope that the election forecasts — like the weather — will be wrong. As recent history proves, it’s not entirely wishful thinking.
“The generic ballot can give us a window into the political environment, but there’s no such thing as a generic congressional race,” Nathan Gonzales, editor and publisher of Inside Elections, warned. That’s not to say that Democrats don’t have an incredible advantage at this moment — they do. Even the most trustworthy polling houses say the dashboard is blinking red for the GOP heading into the November elections. But a lot can happen in four weeks.
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