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Peter1469
10-14-2018, 10:46 AM
Nervous Democrats ask: Could Election Day disaster strike again? (https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/midterms/article219746670.html)

Remember the polls before 2016.


It was this week two years ago that Hillary Clinton’s victory looked assured, when the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html?utm_term=.4a6a0ab18388) of Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault appeared all but certain to end his campaign.

Jesse Ferguson remembers it well. The deputy press secretary for Clinton’s campaign also remembers what happened a month later.


It’s why this veteran Democratic operative can’t shake the feeling that, as promising as the next election looks for his party, it might still all turn out wrong.


“Election Day will either prove to me I have PTSD or show I’ve been living déjà vu,” Ferguson said. “I just don’t know which yet.”

Peter1469
10-14-2018, 10:49 AM
Also:

Democrats fear lackluster Latino support could undercut bid for Congress (https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Democrats-fear-lackluster-Latino-support-could-13303831.php)
Do many Latino US citizens disagree with the Democrats on illegals?


Democrats are worried about Latino voters in the midterms, fearing that weak efforts to energize a core element of their base could imperil their bid to win control of Congress in next month's elections.

From the Sun Belt battlegrounds of Nevada and Arizona to sprawling turf wars in Texas and Florida, there are signs that the Hispanic vote - which party leaders have long hoped would be the foundation of future electoral success - has yet to flourish in their favor this year.

If they agreed with the Dem platform on illegals, Trump's actions would be enough to mobilize them.