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BTRTN: A Look at the Primaries in the 11 Senate Races That Will Determine the Midterms
But there are at least four reasons the Democrats have become, despite the map, guardedly optimistic about their chances to flip the Senate.By every conceivable measure, the Trump Administration is wildly unpopular (Trump himself has a 41% approval/55% disapproval rating, according to the New York Times polling aggregator) and continues to pursue policies disliked by majorities of voters, from the ICE crackdowns, to the tariffs, to the new war in Iran, plus the lack of focus on the economic affordability issues that got Trump elected in the first place (perhaps best exemplified by the sharp rise in gas prices due to the war)
Even more compelling, Democrats are winning at the ballot box. In special elections in the House and in state legislatures in 2025 and 2026 – over 70 of them -- Democratic candidates have outperformed...