Democrats think they can defy history and hold the House in 2022 — here's why
2 years, 4 months ago

Democrats think they can defy history and hold the House in 2022 — here's why

Raw Story  

The conventional wisdom that the Republican Party is likely to win control of the House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm election was challenged by Susan Glasser in The New Yorker. Dozens of election deniers who have adopted the former President’s lies about his 2020 election loss have won Republican nominations, up and down the ballot," Glasser wrote. "But, over the summer, a new school of what might be called 'Trumptimism' has taken hold among some Democratic strategists and independent analysts," Glasser reported. "GOP fears a repeat of 2010/12 when weak candidates cost them winnable races," Cook Political's Jessica Taylor reported. Veteran Democratic strategic Joe Trippi predicted, "it’s gonna be a lot worse than 2010."

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