Andrew According to a new feature story in the Washington Post, Democrats are beginning to lose hope in that “Big Blue Wave” they’d envisioned for the midterm elections.
Not long ago, Democrats from the leadership on down were certain – CERTAIN – that President Trump’s unpopularity, combined with the shadow of the Russian investigation and the failure of the Republican Congress, would sweep them back into control on Capitol Hill. Ooh, look at all of these state special elections that we’re winning! Oooh, Conor Lamb! Oooh, Doug Jones! Together with their allies in the media, Democrats tried to make their followers believe that victory in November was as assured as…well, Hillary Clinton’s victory in 2016.
Some lessons need to be learned more than once.
To their credit, Democrats are recognizing their overconfidence a little earlier this time around. In fact, with Trump’s approval numbers on the rise and the economy going through an extraordinary boom period, they’re beginning to fear that November might be yet another conservative conquest.
“Democratic worries are mounting in the House, where the party has been more confident of gaining the 23 seats it needs to retake the majority,” the Post reports. “Democrats are picking strong candidates in dozens of Republican-held suburban districts where Trump has lost significant support — but recent surveys suggest the races may be tightening.
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