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alternet.org > gop-midterms-2677851304

The campaign implosion that could cost Republicans their safest stronghold

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (24+ words) A veteran reporter warns that this "revenge" campaign and deep voter backlash are pushing this red state toward a historic Democratic flip....

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alternet.org > trump-corruption-investigations

Democrats have already picked their targets to destroy Trump next year

13+ hour, 47+ min ago   (219+ words) Democrats are not yet in control of the House, but they’re already past the point of measuring the drapes — they’re pulling information and hunting corruption. “Favored to regain the majority in November’s midterm elections — and with little official business to…...

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alternet.org > trump-midterms-trouble-republicans-congress

Low-turnout Republicans are going to let Trump hang this year: new polling

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (76+ words) If President Donald Trump and the Republican Party were hoping to stoke a fire under disenchanted Republicans this year, it isn’t working, according to analyst G. Elliot Morris.“The president thinks he can activate lower-turnout voters who like his agenda....

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alternet.org > republicans-midterms-trouble-polls

A massive earthquake is coming and the GOP has only one move left

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (50+ words) When the GOP is taking a beating like this the party’s default response always comes down to one tactic, says New York Times columnist Lisa Lerer.“As they took the stage at the party’s unusual midterm gathering in Dallas on…...

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alternet.org > texas-republican-2677841279

Trump’s coalition of voters in Texas is 'in shambles"

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (48+ words) President Donald Trump has been slowly losing the key coalition of voters he built for his 2024 success, including Latino voters, particularly in Texas. It comes at a difficult time, with Trump's hand-picked Senate candidate in a politically perilous position as…...

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alternet.org > alternet-exclusives > dem-strategy-november

A dangerous trap could cost the Dems in November

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (500+ words) With 55 days until the most important elections in American history, I am going to try to thread a delicate political needle one more time without bloodying my index finger, while pointing out some significant problems with a tone-deaf Democratic Party…...

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alternet.org > trump-republicans-midterms-2677837213

Republican insiders fear Trump’s midterm cake is already 'fully baked"

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (270+ words) On Wednesday, as the Republican midterm convention ramped up in Dallas with hopes of rallying the party’s base around President Donald Trump, new reporting revealed that GOP insiders worry that the “midterm results are already baked in the cake.”...

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alternet.org > arkansas-elections

An earthquake catches GOP off guard in a county that voted 80% for Trump

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1319+ words) Missing GOP presence fuels Democratic hope in a deep red Arkansas county....

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alternet.org > trump-midterms-2677827928

Republicans face wipeout in 'self-inflicted disaster': top conservatives

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (248+ words) Top conservative pundits warn that Trump’s scandals, an unpopular war, and tanking turnout could cost the GOP safe red states like Iowa and South Carolina....

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alternet.org > peltola-dan-sullivan-midterms

Intensifying red state fight could topple GOP’s Senate majority: expert

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (135+ words) If a statewide victory really is in play for Democrats in Alaska it's a bad sign for the GOP in the midterms....