Former White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned Friday that Democrats are anxious that momentum has shifted towards Republicans with 11 days to go till the midterm elections.
“People are fearful about where the momentum is going in some of these cases,” Psaki mentioned throughout an look on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“Democrats are kind of worried about where this is going right now, and it has felt worse over the last week or so,” she added.
The previous White Home official additionally mentioned that Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) scorching mic feedback to President Biden on Thursday mirrored conversations she has had with different Democrats in current days.
“What we heard there and what you saw on the screen is similar to a lot of the conversations Democrats are having behind the scenes and a lot of people I talk to as well,” she mentioned.
Schumer was heard telling Biden on the tarmac at Syracuse Hancock Worldwide Airport that Democrats had been “in danger” in a single Senate race and “going downhill” in Georgia.
Psaki added that whereas there are some encouraging indicators for Democrats, akin to early voting turnout, there are different troubling indicators, akin to a scarcity of enthusiasm for down-ballot races.
“Numbers in the House races are not where they should be,” she mentioned, including: “A lot of people I talked to are worried about voters being encouraged and excited about people at the top of the ticket, and maybe not excited enough to vote for the congressional candidates, and that’s a real concern.”
The newest RealClearPolitics generic poll has Republicans up by a mean of two.6 proportion factors. A few month in the past, Democrats had been polling forward of Republicans within the common.
FiveThirtyEight additionally has Republicans forward of Democrats within the generic congressional poll, however by a smaller margin of lower than 1 proportion level.
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