Democrats are salivating and Republicans are bracing for a potentially massive blue wave. A Republican pollster is urging everyone to calm down.
Patrick Ruffinifounding partner of Echelon Insights, loudly threw cold water on Democrats’ hopes of winning red Senate seats that have become battlegrounds in a deteriorating national environment for Republicans.
“I think the polls are intentionally inflating the size of the battleground. » Ruffini told POLITICO.
Democrats are pushing to flip Senate seats in Iowa, Texas, Ohio and Alaska — all states that the president Donald Trump won by at least 11 points in 2024 – with dreams of deepening the map even further in Kansas, South Carolina and even Mississippi. Sensing potential disaster, Republicans dramatically reduced investments in North Carolina and Georgia to direct resources elsewhere.
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