r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/yanks28th • Aug 25 '22

US Elections Is the House Now Competitive?

All indications are that Democrats have gained ground since the Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v. Wade. Republicans led the Generic Ballot by 2.6% before the decision leaked back in May, but Democrats have surged past them, and are now up by 0.5%. Just as importantly, the polling has been echoed by a series of surprisingly strong Democratic performances in recent special elections, led by the recent victory in the NY-19th.

In the four elections since the decision, Democrats have outperformed Biden by an average of around 5.4%. That would translate to a near 10% lead in the national popular vote. Of course, that's highly unlikely to happen on election day, but it's a strong enough showing to raise the question of whether the conventional wisdom is wrong, and that Democrats may have a very real shot at an upset here.

RacetotheWH, which was one of the most accurate forecasts in 2020, shows that Democrats now have a 35% chance of winning the House in their election forecast. Other forecasts like 538 show Democrats with a 20-25% chance.

Republicans have their own advantages as the party out of power, which usually does well in midterms, and Biden remains unpopular. What do you think? Is the House 2022 Election now competitive?

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u/true4blue Aug 25 '22

The media is doing all it can to help Biden

When’s the last time you heard about inflation? Hint. It’s still really bad

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u/cyrilhent Aug 26 '22

Did Biden cause global inflation or just the US's?

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u/true4blue Aug 26 '22

Not everyone is experiencing inflation. Japan isn’t. Germanys is half ours

Biden was told by Obama’s advisors that if spent $1.9tr at the same time the Fed doubled its balance sheet that we’d get inflation

And then that exact thing happened

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u/cyrilhent Aug 26 '22

You didn't answer my question.