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RSS Feeds10 things to watch in the U.S. midterm elections
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5 november 2018 06:36:58

 
10 things to watch in the U.S. midterm elections
(The Star Food)
 


WASHINGTON—Democrats will try to win back at least one chamber of Congress. Republicans will try to hold on for dear life.The U.S. holds its midterm elections on Tuesday. Democrats, buoyed by the intensity of opposition to President Donald Trump among minorities and college-educated white women, are favoured to win back control of the House of Representatives. Republicans are favoured to keep control of the Senate, where they have a chance to add seats in conservative states. Here are 10 things to keep your eye on:Wealthy suburbs: Many of the House races where Democrats could oust Republicans are taking place in high-income suburbs, the kinds of places in which polls suggest many educated women are rebelling against Trump. They include Colorado’s Denver-area 6th District, Illinois’s Chicago-area 6th District, Minnesota’s Minneapolis-area 3rd District, Texas’s Houston-area 7th District and Dallas-area 32nd District, Kansas’s Kansas City-area 3rd District, and Michigan’s Detroit-area 11th District.California cluster: Democrats have a chance to win as many as four seats in California’s upscale Orange County (the state’s 39th, 45th, 48th and 49th districts), a Republican bastion where Hillary Clinton managed to beat Trump in 2016. There is another competitive race in the 25th District in nearby Los Angeles County.Democratic tightrope-walkers: Five Democratic senators are trying to finesse their way to re-election in states Trump won by 19 points or more, each of them trying to convince voters that they are not hostage to party liberals. Polls suggest West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is in good shape, Montana Sen. Jon Tester is in decent shape, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly are in tight races, and North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is in trouble.Republican immigration moderates in Hispanic districts: Republican congressmen in districts with big Hispanic populations — Florida’ ...


 
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