Bob Butler wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:50 pm
The surge in Democratic votes has to come from somewhere.
I have been unable to find a cite in support of a democrat vote surge. Please provide a cite. Here is what I have found:
More than 1 million voters switch to GOP, raising alarm for Democrats
Politics Jun 27, 2022 4:30 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban swing voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party’s gains in recent years are becoming Republicans.
More than 1 million voters across 43 states have switched to the Republican Party over the last year, according to voter registration data analyzed by The Associated Press. The previously unreported number reflects a phenomenon that is playing out in virtually every region of the country — Democratic and Republican states along with cities and small towns — in the period since President Joe Biden replaced former President Donald Trump.
But nowhere is the shift more pronounced — and dangerous for Democrats — than in the suburbs, where well-educated swing voters who turned against Trump’s Republican Party in recent years appear to be swinging back. Over the last year, far more people are switching to the GOP across suburban counties from Denver to Atlanta and Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Republicans also gained ground in counties around medium-size cities such as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Raleigh, North Carolina; Augusta, Georgia; and Des Moines, Iowa.~Steve Peoples, Associated Press
The Democrats’ make-believe Senate surge
The elite media has a history of turning on the GOP mid-August
We are once again in the silly season. The elite propaganda media and its Democrat allies are convincing themselves that a dramatic turn is coming.
If you read the current breathless analysis and coverage: Republicans have nominated weak, inadequate candidates for the Senate; recently-passed laws give President Biden and the Democrats “real momentum”; the massive Democratic Party advantage in fundraising will give their candidates huge advantages in defining the election.
We have been here before.
In August 1980, then-presidential candidate Ronald Reagan was reportedly underperforming. He went on to win the biggest electoral college victory against an incumbent president in American history.
In August 1994, no one thought the House Republicans could win a majority. In fact, even the weekend before the election, the professional analysts and political expert newscasters opined that a Republican majority was a fantasy. The following January, we convened the first Republican House Majority in 40 years.
In August 2016, the elites were certain that a Donald Trump victory was impossible — and that Hillary Clinton was inevitably going to be the next president of the United States. If you doubt how deeply the elite media believed in a Clinton victory, go to YouTube and watch election night 2016 coverage. Heartbroken commentator after heartbroken commentator realized, with tragic looks on their faces, that Mr. Trump had won.
Finally, in 2020, House Republicans were supposed to lose 25 seats, according to the experts. Instead, they gained 15 seats. This 40-seat swing put Rep. Kevin McCarthy in reach of the speakership.
As you hear the Democratic surge cheerleading, consider that the Joan of Arc of Trump Haters got only 29% of the vote in Wyoming this week. Instead of wondering why Wyoming voters didn’t believe the made-for-TV Jan. 6 committee hearings, the media is wondering why the voters failed to do “the right thing.” Almost no pundits have looked inward and internalized that a 29% vote for an incumbent is not simply a loss — it is a repudiation.....November realities are going to be a lot friendlier to Republicans than August news media fantasies.~Newt Gingrich 8/22/22
Aug 28, 2022 - Politics & Policy
Poll: Republican voters rally behind Trump despite Mar-a-Lago search
Former President Trump remains a popular figure in the GOP, as a majority of Republican voters believe he should be the party's nominee in 2024, a USA Today/Ipsos poll out Sunday indicates.
Why it matters: The poll was conducted after the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago. The results illustrate Trump's continued grip on the GOP despite his myriad legal troubles.~Ivana Saric, Axios