Iowa is seen as a battleground state in presidential elections, and the same is often true in statehouse contests. He also serves as President of the Senate.
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The Republicans now control the Senate.
Polls over the last couple weeks have consistently shown Democrat Katie McGinty holding a slim lead, including a CNN-ORC survey from Wednesday reporting that Republican Sen.
Democrats initially hoped to unseat high-profile Republican senators in Ohio, Arizona and Florida, a hope which has faded in the last two weeks.
A supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attempts to block a Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump supporter from waving a sign as Clinton greets supporters outside an early voting station at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater in Pompano Beach, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. In Ohio and Arizona races, which were once thought to be competitive, seem to be leaning Republican – with incumbents Rob Portman and John McCain holding on due to a combination of name recognition and popularity (especially for former presidential candidate McCain) and unforced errors by their opponent (Rob Portman’s rival, former governor Ted Strickland, is a Democratic mini-Trump who can not seem to control his mouth).
Yet, Clinton’s victory is not yet assured.
Every time Hillary Clinton insists Trump is a presidential candidate like no one ever before, she also helps in Trump’s efforts to paint himself as essentially a third party “different” candidate who actually has a chance to win.
“I don’t think they’ve opened the polls yet, so I’ve got a little bit of time”, he told Fox 29 on Thursday.
These races are hard to predict. But the national headwinds may end up being too tough for Toomey to overcome. This theory may apply in an ordinary election, but this year has been anything but ordinary.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal doesn’t buy it.
Republicans had done a fairly good job of distancing themselves from Trump by focusing on local issues that motivate their base.
Still, Democrats in the state said they’ll feel more confident with at least a slightly larger margin.
Republicans emphasize that Democratic early-vote numbers are down substantially from 2012 – a development they attribute to flagging enthusiasm for Clinton.
Lawyers for Democrats around the country are filing lawsuits claiming Republicans and the campaign of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump are pushing supporters to intimidate and confront voters on Election Day. Around a dozen races remain highly competitive.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, has been battling her Democratic challenger, Gov. Maggie Hassan, for the entire campaign. Some communities determine statehouse races by less than 5,000 votes.
But while the GOP has to defend 24 seats, it appears at least 16 are going to safely stay in Republican control. Add those to Republican seats that have been targets in New Hampshire, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania Indiana and Wisconsin, and Democrats are increasingly hopeful.
“They’re feeling nervous. They have to do this money dump right now because if they don’t, they are not just in danger of losing the Senate, but they’re in danger of losing even more seats to the point where it would be much easier for Democrats to control not just the Senate, but the agenda within the Senate”, Brody explained. There is always the possibility of a tied Senate, but at present that seems unlikely.
This is usually a ceremonial role but he does hold a casting vote in the event of a tie.
Not to be forgotten are the 435 House seats that will be decided next week. Most of the competitive races are for seats now held by the Republicans.
Democrats said Republicans are searching for a firewall.
According to the Cook Political Report 177 Democrats and 200 Republican seats are considered safe.
Republican seat in Pennsylvania. But if they really want to take seize control of Congress, they’ll nearly certainly have to look beyond 2016. There is no shortage of disaffected voters. When Trump was down by around 10 points in some polls, it was possible, if you squinted a bit, to envision wildly depressed Republican turnout that might allow Democrats to eke out a House victory.
At issue, is how these disaffected Republicans will vote?
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Still, ballots are not the same as votes. That has stirred fears of voter intimidation and confrontations at the polls. Still, Rubio probably handily wins this race.
