1.3 Senate Election Preview

1. The democrats don't have the majority in senate and ten democratic senators are up for re-election in states that Trump won.
2. 10 elections look competitive.
3. The other candidate, Cramer, is very tight with Trump and he is popular in North Dakota.
4. This is the tightest poll and she is behind by o.6 points. This gives no indication of who might win, making it a tossup.
5. Dean Heller at first did not support repealing Obamacare and then after Trump pressured him, he voted to repeal it. Nevada voters don't like Trump. He has 45 percent approval and 51 percent disapproval.
6. The candidates are Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen. Tennessee voters are happy with Trump. He has 56 percent approval and 40 percent disapproval.
7. He has respect from democrats because he stood up to the NRA even though he is a republican. He is also rich so funding the campaign is not an issue for him.
8. The democrat running for governor is leading in the polls which can excite the democrats and possibly get more votes for the democrat running for senator.
9. Jeff Flake is very vocal and passionate about his hatred for Trump.
10. The Texas GOP tweeted things that were supposed to attack the democratic candidate look bad but it backfired.
11. Indiana is a pretty conservative state and Donnelly has pretty centrist views except when it comes to Obamacare.
12. West Virginia elected Trump with the highest margins in the country and his approval rating is the highest too. West Virginia is a very conservative state which makes it strange that they have a democratic senator.

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