A record number of House Republicans are not seeking re-election, the most since the Great Depression, with Republicans far outpacing Democrats. Eric Garcia breaks down the numbers

There are plenty of reasons to believe that Democrats are headed toward a blue wave. Democrats are turning out in record numbers in primary contests even in “safe” races. They continue to over-perform in special elections, even flipping the state legislative seat that includes Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Added to that, the war in Iran is already causing Trump to crater with groups of voters that had boosted him to reelection such as Latino voters. And most major pollsters show that voters would overwhelmingly vote for a generic Democrat for Congress compared to a generic Republican.

But one of the biggest indicators of an impending Democratic win come November is the number of Republicans in the House of Representatives not running for reelection.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    The party’s leaders in congress are corporate neoliberal stooges.

    While correct…

    In case you haven’t noticed, nothing is being passed by Congress and it’s barely even in session these days.

    They’re both 100% lame ducks, but that honestly doesn’t matter right now.

    We’ll vote for new congressional leadership after midterms and the new reps are sat, and neither stands a chance of retaining their spots if they don’t have the DNC behind them willing to hand seats to Republicans if Dems don’t toe the line.

    • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      14 hours ago

      I hope what you are saying is what is going to happen. We really need an FDR type leader in 2028 if we are going to fix this broken ass country.