2018 election security roundup

Trump has shown no leadership in stopping Russian hacking in the 2018 elections. There are other potential problems.

The Midterm Elections Are in Serious Danger of Being Hacked. https://t.co/5Uov6ROk83 pic.twitter.com/aisQWZ2zv4

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 31, 2018

America isn't doing enough to stop the Kremlin from messing with private election companies https://t.co/RC1e37lwlE pic.twitter.com/8EohmxLbih

— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) July 30, 2018

Russia’s cyberwar against the US is widening. If Putin targets our power grid on Election Day, he can suppress the vote while smashing our economy and wreaking havoc on our whole society — all in a day’s work at the Kremlin. Trump is asleep at the switchhttps://t.co/6XBB7Bo7Hp

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 28, 2018

Trump has no plan to combat election interference

Maybe he doesn’t want to combat interference since it helped him in 2016.

Current and former officials tell @NBCNews that 19 months into his presidency, there is no coherent Trump administration strategy to combat foreign election interference — and no single person or agency in charge. https://t.co/zlqCJaQIkI

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 28, 2018

For the first time since the Russians hacked the 2016 election, Trump held a meeting about election security. It lasted less than an hour. https://t.co/e7U48riMm1 pic.twitter.com/0XJLGfg76Y

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 28, 2018

Besides being unwilling to use the word “Russia” (Voldemort!), the Trump meeting only focused on 1) voting machines security.

Just as important are 2) security of voter database and election reporting, 3) protection of body politic from foreign government info ops

#LikeWar https://t.co/mVbzfvB9NZ

— Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) July 28, 2018

Georgia legislators try to suppress African-American votes

Georgia state Sens. Matt Brass and Joshua McKoon tried to suppress African-American voters in Atlanta by cutting early voting hours. #GApol https://t.co/jLovqcdyyP pic.twitter.com/nevSsUbP38

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) July 26, 2018

Democrats lead in Midwest polls

DGA gonna throw a party over these polls… Scott Walker and Tim Pawlenty down big league. https://t.co/LkkBaIOiLz

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) July 26, 2018

Democratic senator targeted by Russians

Senator McCaskill (Missouri) has been targeted by Russian hackers. Trump lied earlier and said the Russians were trying to help Democrats.

Trump this week said he worried russia would help Democrats in the mid terms https://t.co/mTL3p1NErs

— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 26, 2018

Trump continues to misuse taxpayer-funded events for politics

Trump should not be making political pronouncements at presidential events funded by taxpayers. Can’t anyone stop him? Do Republicans even care?

Second non-political/taxpayer-funded event this week where Trump is urging the crowd to vote for Republican candidates.

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) July 26, 2018

Trump is at an official presidential visit here in Granite City, Illinois, paid for entirely by taxpayers.

Here is what he just said:

"You’ve got to vote for Republicans, folks. You’ve got to vote Republican."

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) July 26, 2018

From this Washington Post article: “President Trump on Thursday used a taxpayer-funded trip to Illinois to openly advocate for electing Republicans to Congress — blurring the line between official and political events in the heat of the midterm campaign season. “

Trump is buying votes with his farm bailout

Buying votes right before the mid terms! https://t.co/TD9fRSyr9q

— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) July 25, 2018

Generic House polls

Women Drive Dems To 12-Pt. Lead In U.S. House Races, Poll Finds; Voters Split On Confirming Kavanaugh https://t.co/aBYDGsuTth #SCOTUS

— Quinnipiac University Poll (@QuinnipiacPoll) July 25, 2018

Tomorrow marks one month since @Ocasio2018's upset win in New York. Since then, Democrats have moved from +5.7 to +8.2 on the generic ballot. The national conversation often doesn't reflect what's happening in states. https://t.co/jAfFhpTa4s

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 25, 2018

Why do chances of the House flipping keep increasing when @realDonaldTrump doubles down on his base?

-GOP is shrinking
-Independents moving to Dems
-Turns out the #GOPTaxScam that benefits the top 1% only helps you with 1% of the voters

Dems have #ABetterDeal #ForThePeople https://t.co/XZDOpFKmyA

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 25, 2018

Trump approval sags in 3 Midwest states; Democrats lead there in generic congressional poll

Trump approval sags in trio of Midwest states; Democrats hold sizable lead for congressional midterms (@mmurraypolitics) details: https://t.co/x961IV8A6Y pic.twitter.com/JvaKkV0R7V

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) July 25, 2018

from the article below: “…with November’s midterm elections less than four months away, Democrats enjoy a lead in congressional preference from 8 points to 12 points in these three states.
In Michigan, 45 percent of voters prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress, while 36 percent want a GOP-controlled Congress (D+9).

In Minnesota, it’s 48 percent preferring the Democrats, to 36 percent backing the Republicans (D+12).
And in Wisconsin, Democrats hold a 47 percent-to-39 percent lead in congressional preference (D+8).”

Full story but unfortunately no head to heads https://t.co/XpoGub5r6m

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) July 25, 2018

Hopefully, Trump’s supporters/enablers in Congress will be punished.

Only half believe our elections are fair

More bad news before the 2018 midterms. The losers are going to have a hard time accepting the results.

From this article:

“A mere 51% of Americans believe that elections are fair and open, according to the latest Ipsos poll conducted in partnership with the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Among Democrats, this belief is lower (43%) than among Republicans (68%) or Independents (49%). This supports findings from previous Ipsos polls that show a general decline in institutional trust over the years. “