Well, last week was a little crazy so how about we hit those stories this week that were on last week's schedule?
What if we started with the Senate? Republicans currently holds a 53-47 edge in the upper chamber. You can safely lower the Democratic ledger to 46 as Doug Jones will not win in Alabama. 33 seats are up for grabs this November but really 18 are considered competitive. The problem for the GOP is 13 of those races have Republican incumbents.
Thing get really interesting once we include current polling. Right now, Republicans have a 50-46 edge based on polling with 4 races essentially in the toss-up category. Chamber control basically comes down to the presidential election and which party has the VP tie-breaker if form holds.
Which races should you be monitoring? We will have more to say about the candidates and those races specifically later this week but here are 4 hot campaigns:
Arizona- Martha McSally (R) v Mark Kelly (D)
Colorado- Cory Gardner (R) v. John Hickenlooper
Maine- Susan Collins (R) v. Sara Gideon
North Carolina- Thom Tillis (R) v. Cal cunningham (D)
Republicans currently hold all 4 seats.
While the democrats do seem to be pushing hard for these battle ground states, namely with the COVID-19 CARE Act, the tactics the present as their key to victory might just be their demise. The COVID-19 CARE Act is the main way the democrats are trying to entice the people to vote for them. Unfortunately for them, most states are opening back up and getting people back to work. As more and more Americans get back to making money and no longer need these government checks they will lose interest in the hand outs. If the republican candidates opposing these democrats wish to win, they should promote reopening the state. I think that the people will begin to realize that…
I think it's important to look at the majority of the races that are ongoing. Yesterday's news should push that thought further. Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the California special election. This is the first time in over twenty years that a republican has held that seat. Yes, the democrats are trying to flip the seats, but so are the republicans.
I think that it truthfully could become a lot closer to split than I believe it will. I personally think republicans might lose Arizona and Colorado if I am being realistic because of the culture I know there, but at the same time, with what democrats have been displaying in the last six months, I would have confidence we retain all four seats. The Presidential election will decide a lot but in regards to the Senate, I believe the Republicans will remain majority.
I also think that with all of the stimulus, and COVID-19 CARE acts that have been passed and spoken of are democrats painting this picture of how people want to view them. Both sides, Democrat and Republican try to paint these pictures of being something they may not be. I will most likely keep an eye on these races, but I am a fan of NC so I may watch that race a little closer than others.
I do think democrats are really trying to flip battleground states with the tactics of the stimulus COVID-19 CARE Act 2. They know this is affecting people directly and even though some suggestion are somewhat unrealistic or carried much greater financial crisis in the long run, democrats really want to for the people to view them as kind, compassionate, and caring. This can perception can swing any battleground states. Perhaps states like , Colorado, Montana, Georgia, North Carolina and Iowa. As well as safekeeping Democrat States in the battleground, like Minnesota, Michigan, Alabama and New Mexico.