Democrat enthusiasm edge evaporating in the wake of Kavanaugh confirmation

[oneforthebus]

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/03/6540...-battle-democratic-enthusiasm-edge-evaporates

Too bad Tibs isn't here to see this. Although I think his head might explode.

Just over a month away from critical elections across the country, the wide Democratic enthusiasm advantage that has defined the 2018 campaign up to this point has disappeared, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

In July, there was a 10-point gap between the number of Democrats and Republicans saying the November elections were "very important." Now, that is down to 2 points, a statistical tie.

Democrats' advantage on which party's candidate they are more likely to support has also been cut in half since last month. Democrats still retain a 6-point edge on that question, but it was 12 points after a Marist poll conducted in mid-September.

The results come amid the pitched and hotly partisan confirmation battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. Multiple women have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when he was in high school and college. He categorically denies all the allegations. The FBI is conducting a supplemental investigation into the accusations that is expected to be wrapped up by the end of this week.

With Democrats already up fired up for this election, the Kavanaugh confirmation fight has apparently had the effect of rousing a dormant GOP base.

"The result of hearings, at least in the short run, is the Republican base was awakened," noted Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the poll.

Democrats need to net 23 seats to take back control of the House, but if those groups stay home in large numbers, it would blunt potential Democratic gains. With 34 days to go until Election Day, it all points to another election dominated by party activists.

"If there aren't 34 dramatic moments [between now and then], it will be 'my base versus your base,' " Miringoff said. He noted that the Republican move to push Kavanaugh's confirmation forward, despite his unpopularity and that more people believe accuser Christine Blasey Ford than Kavanaugh, appears to be intended to fire up the GOP base in hopes of retaining control of Congress.

"The Republicans' approach has been, and continues to be, all about the base," Miringoff said. "This is their M.O., and that's what we're seeing. That works if turnout is not high."

 

[CharlesDavenport]

Blue wave huh?

 

[Djfan]

He noted that the Republican move to push Kavanaugh's confirmation forward, despite his media inflated and manfactured unpopularity and that more people that the media are willing to interviewbelieve accuser Christine Blasey Ford than Kavanaugh,"

Fixed it for you

 

[Roy92040]

Maybe even some of the libs are tired of the way the judge has been treated.

 

[IndySteel]

Tibs himself is an example of waning libtard confidence. Instead of being here spewing his inane bullshit, he’s in his safe space being comforted with Rainbow Drops, butterflies and lollipops.

 

[JMM]

I have a hard time believing a majority believe Ford's story. Even our more left leaning friends think she's full of @#$% and this is just an attempt to prevent him from sitting on the Supreme Court

 

[madinsomniac]

I have a hard time believing a majority believe Ford's story. Even our more left leaning friends think she's full of @#$% and this is just an attempt to prevent him from sitting on the Supreme Court

I just have a hard time with the timing and the coincidences... if it sounds like a narrative written to fit an agenda.. thats what it is until facts prove otherwise...

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

I will repeat this again.

Liberals cannot get measures they want approved at the polling booth. Roe v Wade won't pass at the polls. Americans don't support it in majority. This is why the courts are so important to Liberals. They use the courts to get around the law. To get around the Constitution. Obama pushed countless things through the courts. Bypassed Congress. Avoided the law of the land. Eventually, in our favor, the ultimate court of the land, the Supreme Court, rules considering the Constitution. And this is why Trump was able to dismantle what he assembled in hours.

Liberals need the courts desperately for their social agenda. Desperately. And thus this battle over Kavanaugh is supreme. The end all be all battle. And thus they are willing to do quite literally anything to prevent this nomination.

 

[JMM]

I will repeat this again.

Liberals cannot get measures they want approved at the polling booth. Roe v Wade won't pass at the polls. Americans don't support it in majority. This is why the courts are so important to Liberals. They use the courts to get around the law. To get around the Constitution. Obama pushed countless things through the courts. Bypassed Congress. Avoided the law of the land. Eventually, in our favor, the ultimate court of the land, the Supreme Court, rules considering the Constitution. And this is why Trump was able to dismantle what he assembled in hours.

Liberals need the courts desperately for their social agenda. Desperately. And thus this battle over Kavanaugh is supreme. The end all be all battle. And thus they are willing to do quite literally anything to prevent this nomination.

Imagine how much they are going to freak out if one of the liberal justices was to be replaced. This whole show might also be part of a plan to make future conservative candidates think twice before accepting the President's nomination.

 

[Coach]

Must keep the senate.