Toss Up House Elections 2018-Part 1-Bob Davis Podcast 753
Every two years the entire US House of Representatives has to run for election. The predictions of the prognosticators concerning these elections are most noteworthy. The sages say as many as 58 republican seats are in jeopardy. We’ll find out in a series of podcasts that examine each of these house races in detail. Toss Up House Elections 2018-Part 1-Bob Davis Podcast 753.
Predictions Are Dangerous
I hate predictions, Moreover I find while the media loves to ‘nationalize’ house and senate elections most of the time they turn on local issues not the national issues. One of the reasons predictions are often be wrong.
Especially relevant, so many of these races are considered toss ups.
Calibrating The Crystal Ball
There’s only way to determine whether men staring into crystal balls can predict the future. You have to examine each district one at a time.
In part one we look at several districts in California, Colorado, and Florida. More are on the way.
Travel Makes Great Political Analysis
Pivot Counties Are Well…Pivotal
Similarly it helps to have visited to some of the so called ‘Pivot Counties‘ and to have traveled through areas these guys on TV probably have not seen recently, if ever. It all adds up to the realization that all politics really is local.
New Political Environment?
Because I traveled in 2016 I was able to to realize early on something different was brewing. I think we’re still in a new political environment. All the more reason not to avoid the tarot card readers on TV. Listen to Toss Up House Elections 2018-Part 1-Bob Davis Podcast 753 instead.
No Predictions Just Information And a Baseline For You
While I won’t predict anything in 2018 I think it is fair to say we’re in a new environment politically in which almost anything can happen. Moreover whatever is happening may not show up in polls and primary election data.
Isn’t that what makes watching the outcome so much fun?
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Toss Up House Elections 2018-Part 1-Bob Davis Podcast 753
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