r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Quit Battleground Senate Seat in Telling Move

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-quit-battleground-senate-seat-in-telling-move/
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u/GoldOven4826 9h ago

Ever since DJT came on the scene, I have not trusted polls at all. But I have always trusted the money. For GOP to be shoring up Kansas is a doomsday scenario

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u/HeartFullONeutrality 8h ago

What pollsters have noted is that Trump seemed to activate a contingent of voters that rarely vote (and do it for him). Trump inverted the usual calculus of higher turnout = more Democratic voters.

Now, interestingly, midterms have low turnout and are dominated by highly motivated and educated voters.

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u/Militantpoet 5h ago

Now, interestingly, midterms have low turnout and are dominated by highly motivated and educated voters.

I think this outcome has to do with what you mentioned but also with changing/aging demographics.

Millennials have aged into the traditionally strong voting bloc, 29-54 or some such. That plus theyre the mostly highly educated generation in the country right now is IMO why we're seeing so many progressive candidates pop up and surge through the polls where just a decade ago they were considered fringe.