Democratic challengers in House races outraised at least 92 Republican incumbents, and more than 60 Democratic candidates in the House hauled in more than $1 million for the quarter. https://t.co/ytW7avpnig
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) October 18, 2018
It's probable we would have gotten to something very close to this place anyway-given both the long-term trends toward more parliamentary elections & how Trump's polarizing presidency magnifies those tendencies-but K certainly appeared to accelerate/intensify the process. https://t.co/4f841VGaOw
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 18, 2018
Facebook "says it has hired thousands of new moderators, invested in artificial intelligence, enlisted the help of former US intelligence officials, and brought in new rules for political advertising — all in an effort to tackle a misinformation crisis." https://t.co/dZuIcRqreh
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 18, 2018
A hobby horse race of mine :). https://t.co/TFZqqxAaQE
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) October 17, 2018
"If Republicans win, there is plenty to fear — not just more of the same, but much more and much worse," writes @JesseCharlesLee. https://t.co/1MM9Wjkelj
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) October 18, 2018
.@fordm on how a blue wave could wipe out voter suppression, too: https://t.co/sCL6vPi7bV pic.twitter.com/pLanQ7Bki8
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) October 18, 2018
NEW UPDATE:
until it drew attention today, #GAgov nominee Brian Kemp's official Secretary of State website featured an early voting explainer video in which a little white boy casts his ballot, while a black girl gets rebuffed for lacking ID.https://t.co/3KoR4v4VyQ pic.twitter.com/ik1ZUisnDi
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) October 18, 2018
Leading PAY DIRT: Duncan Hunter enlisted 3 fmr USMC generals to tar his opponent as a terrorist. All three are now defense industry lobbyists with matters before Hunter's House committees, and the congressman has gone to bat for their clients in the past https://t.co/Nf3iu1rRX3
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 18, 2018
Some better Senate polling for Democrats over the last couple days. Although tbh they're in a pretty deep hole so it's going to take a lot of good polling to pull them out of it. https://t.co/n2QjFRwGxw
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 18, 2018
NEW: In the Wisconsin governor's race, Democrat Tony Evers says GOP Gov. Scott Walker supports "a health care plan that would gut protections for pre-existing conditions." Mostly True. https://t.co/nhDcaoHMP7 #wigov #wipolitics pic.twitter.com/HbqiwlfmTC
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) October 18, 2018
Is a blue wave likely in November? @AP national politics reporter @jmsummers weighs in on @1a. https://t.co/nwxY6FzxNW
— AP CorpComm (@AP_CorpComm) October 18, 2018
Watch: The best campaign ads of 2018 so far https://t.co/8L579ovCiR pic.twitter.com/0GwQmukzrb
— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) October 18, 2018
Two recent congressional ratings changes, both in favor of Democrats. #OH12 moves from Lean R to Toss Up, and #NY11 moves from Likely R to Lean R. #ThursdayMotivation https://t.co/nH4w9ftjop
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 18, 2018
North Dakota tribes need $100K to get tribal IDs to voters, after ND Republicans attempt to disenfranchise them. Daily Kos is raising the money for the effort, and WOAH within the first few minutes we're already at $34,000! Let's finish strong: https://t.co/8IORrRlDYi
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) October 17, 2018
A dead pimp is about to win an election in Nevada which seems about right for the #EndTimes https://t.co/XoxS5jhOxm
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) October 18, 2018
A dead pimp is about to win an election in Nevada which seems about right for the #EndTimes https://t.co/XoxS5jhOxm
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) October 18, 2018
#FLGov
Gillum (D) 48 (+8)
DeSantis (R) 40#FLSen:
Nelson (D) 48 (+3)
Scott (R) 45Kaiser Family Foundation Poll https://t.co/JebzNWSWOT
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) October 18, 2018
And all those races ended up within 2 points of those October poll margins (*except 2012 which was 4 points, but that poll was from late September). Not a lot of movement once the die has been cast. https://t.co/d5J8g2qxYy
— Patrick Murray (@PollsterPatrick) October 18, 2018
Forecast will still have Blackburn ahead, but note this race ain't over yet. https://t.co/NU7JP2Gz5I
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) October 18, 2018
As usual, polls are reverting to historical baselines as election day comes closer: partisans come home. Consistent with @SamWangPhD's analysis in this post, in my article with @j_kalla we show that campaign effects also go way down closer to elections: https://t.co/NOtarkyxsp. https://t.co/E71RgSJCM2
— David Broockman (@dbroockman) October 18, 2018
Tabitha Isner and her campaign manager, Megan Skipper, have each experienced harassment on the campaign trail in Alabama https://t.co/5pOXsDf6hL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 18, 2018
"The Doug Jones race showed us there are a lot of people who think like us, and it's possible for our state to change," said Mallory Hagan, a first-time candidate who is the Democratic nominee in Alabama's 3rd congressional district https://t.co/vdxXvnZBYW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 18, 2018
Who's winning the social nedia midterms? https://t.co/tiQWLe3ZhX pic.twitter.com/dsAReEnhjf
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 18, 2018
Special report: How America's top CEOs are investing in the midterm elections https://t.co/4UrDDQvD6k
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 18, 2018
Nate Silver: Odds Are, Your Next Governor Will Be A Democrat https://t.co/aWaoyXv1q6
— Shawn Peirce (@_silversmith) October 18, 2018
The number that explains #NJSen: 64% of voters say what Menendez did was "about the same as what most other politicians do." https://t.co/wRDcgliUo4
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 18, 2018
Sad! 