Democrat Blue Wave Is Failing, Republicans Gain In Midterm Polls
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🗓️ 23 October 2018
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Summary
Democrats "Blue Wave" Is Failing, Republicans Make Gains.
Polls are showing that republicans are making gains in the Senate and have a chance to maintain a majority in the house.
For all the talk leading up to the mid terms from the democratic party about a blue wave there is very little to show for it. New data from NBC News shows that Republicans are outpacing Democrats in early voting.
Have the Democrats dropped the ball? I think so, and their failure to be civil and embrace sound policy is likely why.
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| 0:00.0 | The blue wave is crashing. Is that my opinion? Kind of, but not necessarily. It's coming from reports |
| 0:06.0 | from NBC News showing Republicans are outpacing Democrats in early voting. It's complicated. We'll talk |
| 0:11.1 | about it, but also that there are several other news stories, especially from the Hill, |
| 0:15.8 | talking about Democrats losing hope for a blue wave. It's looking like they're not going to |
| 0:20.5 | make that many gains. They may still win the house, but they might actually lose some in the Senate. |
| 0:24.7 | The blue wave isn't here. Before I talk about the news, I want to mention something. |
| 0:29.5 | People say to me, Tim, you ragged on the Democrats too much. And what I want to say to that is, |
| 0:33.9 | for instance, the Elizabeth Warren story, CNN ragged on Elizabeth Warren, buzzfeed news ragged |
| 0:39.3 | on Elizabeth Warren. My reporting and the things I talk about aren't coming from something I just |
| 0:44.1 | made up. I'm reading the news every day, and I can see time and time again what the Democrats are |
| 0:50.1 | doing is not working. And people get upset that I'm pointing that out, and that's the biggest |
| 0:54.7 | problem the Democrats face. The refusal to self reflect is embracing incivility working. |
| 1:01.1 | No, we know it's not. Okay. Did the progressive push with people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez work? |
| 1:08.3 | No. According to the economist, 71 of 78 primaries were lost by the progressives. Is there a blue wave? |
| 1:15.4 | Unfortunately, there may not be. And this is not coming from me. It's coming from data and other |
| 1:21.9 | mainstream sources. So today, let's take a look at what's going out the blue wave. And then I'm |
| 1:26.7 | going to talk about why I think the Democrats are failing, and I've got reasons to back it up. |
| 1:31.2 | But before we get started, please head over to patreon.com-fords-timcast if you like the work I do. Patrons |
| 1:37.4 | are the backbone of the content I create. So if you want to see more videos like this, |
| 1:41.3 | please go to patreon.com-fords-timcast to help support my work. First, from NBC News, Republicans |
| 1:46.8 | outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds. The data suggests enthusiasm |
| 1:53.7 | among early GOP voters that could put a dent in Democratic hopes for a quote, blue wave in the midterms. |
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