The battle for the White House isn’t the only contest this fall.
Control of the United States Senate is up for grabs as well.
And now Chuck Schumer broke down in tears over this bad report about the election.
Polls show Democrats on the back foot in race for Senate majority
Republicans only need to flip two seats to boot Chuck Schumer as Senate Majority Leader.
The map was already unfavorable to begin with for Democrats by virtue of having to defend seats in West Virginia, Montana, Ohio, Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
The math got even dicier when West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin announced his retirement, conceding the seat to Republicans.
That left the GOP only needing to pick off one more seat to reclaim the majority.
CNN reported there was nothing but bad news on that front for Chuck Schumer and the Democrat Party.
CNN’s Kaitlin Collins brought on data analyst Harry Enten to assess the state of the polling.
The backdrop for this interview was new polling from The New York Times and Siena, which showed GOP challenger Tim Sheehy leading Montana Democrat Senator Jon Tester by eight points.
In addition, Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida led their Democrat challengers by four and nine points respectively.
“One of the second most important things that we’re going to learn in this election is which party is going to take control of the Senate based on the numbers right now, it seems as if Democrats control is slipping away and that Republicans are poised to get the majority New York Times Sienna Poll of the critical race in Montana right now shows the incumbent Democrat there that it’s the Senator Jon Tester. He’s down eight points to his Republican challenger, Tim Sheehy. Democrats right now have a slim 51 seat majority in the Senate. They are all but guaranteed, right now to lose their Democratic seat in West Virginia,” Collins began.
CNN writes off Democrat chances in the Senate
Enten couldn’t find any silver linings in the polling data for Democrats.
Florida and Texas are the Democrats only chances to play offense this cycle.
Cruz and Scott have held durable leads the entire race, plus both should benefit from Trump winning by decisive margins in their states at the top of the ticket.
“You mentioned West Virginia audios, Joe Manchin is retiring. That’s going to the Republicans. Then essentially you have these three races that have been keeping an eye on Montana obviously, Jon Tester trailing in the polling, right? What do we see? Texas, Florida, both out today, two different polls out. What do we see? Republicans ahead there,” Enten began.
Enten said of all the races on the board this November – House of Representatives, Presidency, and the Senate – he felt most confident in predicting the outcome.
And Enten expressed his belief that the Senate was “most likely going Republican.”
“The bottom line is Democrats have to win one of those seats most likely the in order to maintain control, and they’re not really all that close in any of them. I think that really paints the picture. It’s dire times for Democrats who want to keep Senate control at this particular hour when it comes to the House, Senate, Presidential. I feel most confident saying that the Senate is most likely going Republican,” Enten concluded.
