House Dems flock to the exits leading into election year

[Counselor706]

Heading into the midterm election year — typically seen as a referendum on the president’s political party — House Democrats are flocking towards the exits instead of protecting their wafer-thin majority with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

With the midterms less than a year away, 23 House Democrats have already announced they will not be running for reelection to retire from the public eye for wanting to be with family, focus on health, or say it is time to move on, while some Democrats are also looking to run for a different office, such as the U.S. Senate.

Additionally, House Democrats have also continuously seen low poll numbers in the generic, hypothetical election polls across the county, which could be seen as a result of passing partisan agenda items. Numerous polls have*shown Republicans beating Democrats in a generic ballot leading up to the election when respondents say who they would elect to represent them, as*Democrats continue to pass partisan agenda items, such as the infrastructure package and the reconciliation bill. One generic poll from RealClearPolitics and another poll from Quinnipiac University showed Republicans leading for the first time since 2014.

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[Rightguide]

I beat you by nine minutes.

 

[pecksniff]

as*Democrats continue to pass partisan agenda items, such as the infrastructure package and the reconciliation bill.

I don't think the infrastructure bill is going to cost them any votes.

 

[pecksniff]

Interesting that some of them are running for the Senate -- a gamble they would not take if polling did not give them significant hope of victory.

 

[Rotadom]

I keep waiting for positive news out of the Trumplican camp.

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[YDB95]

Interesting that some of them are running for the Senate -- a gamble they would not take if polling did not give them significant hope of victory.

Not to mention that most of the others are retiring from overwhelmingly blue districts that have next to no chance of flipping parties even when open.