In the face of several polls showing a massive red-wave on November 8 midterm elections, Democrats are already becoming nervous sensing a real political catastrophe for them once both the houses – Congress and Senate goes under absolute majority of the republicans, which would turn the remaining two years in office for President Joe Biden – extremely difficult as well as scary. Under such circumstance, from New York to California, Democrats find they have to spend big in the midterms homestretch to defend incumbents in blue House districts that President Joe Biden easily won two years ago.
According to NBC News, the crush of last-minute spending in deep-blue states and Democratic strongholds, detailed through data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact, underscores just how much the political winds have shifted in Republicans’ favor and how the GOP — buoyed by well-funded super PACs — has expanded the battlefield in the final sprint of the campaign.
In Southern California, Rep. Julia Brownley is making personal appeals to Democratic colleagues to send her campaign cash as her internal polls show a neck-and-neck race with her GOP challenger, two sources told NBC News.
Democrats have spent millions of dollars, raised from party entities and outside groups, to protect Rep. Jahana Hayes, the former Connecticut Teacher of the Year who cruised to decisive victories in 2018 and 2020.
And the House Democrats’ campaign arm last week deployed hundreds of thousands of dollars to save its chairman in a Biden district north of New York City.
…But spending money to shore up those races — many of which were not considered nearly as competitive just months ago — adds to the challenges Democrats face in a tough election cycle where Republicans need to flip just five seats in order to take control of the House. And it has Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Dina Titus, a top GOP target despite her Las Vegas district’s blue tilt, pleading with her party and supporters for help.
“Now do you believe me?” Titus tweeted after a new poll showed her tied with her GOP challenger.
A year ago, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, who is poised to become speaker if Republicans flip the House, predicted that his party would pick up more than 60 seats in the 2022 midterms.
Now, with voters turning their attention back to issues like rising inflation and crime, some Republicans forecast a wider margin of victory on November 8. One House Republican linked to the House GOP’s campaign arm predicted a more than 25-seat net gain, while another lawmaker who’s been campaigning for colleagues across the country said the party will win 250 seats, a 38-seat pickup.
A New York Times/Siena College poll released October 17 showed that economic concerns — driven by persistently high inflation — are the most important issues to likely voters. Survey respondents most worried about the economy favored Republican candidates over Democrats by a 2-1 margin.
Aftermath of the November 8 midterm elections
As most of the polls are now showing a massive red-wave in the midterm elections, political analysts already are seeing a “Category 2 or 3 hurricane heading towards Democrats, which surely will impact President Biden and key members of his administration. There will be investigation into financial and other forms of crimes committed by Biden’s family members, including Hunter Biden; while Nancy Pelosi and her son may also face investigation for committing financial crimes. In brief, Biden and his team certainly are going to face series of massive obstacles while there also is sharp possibility for Joe Biden getting impeached.
