The political winds that after favored Republicans within the coming midterm elections seem to have shifted towards the Democrats, however within the quest for the Home, geography could also be future. Many congressional district strains had been redrawn this yr to favor one occasion or the opposite a lot that even a hurricane-force gale can not overcome the brand new built-in biases.
Within the few seats the place Democrats can go on the offensive, they’re homing in on abortion as a voting subject. Republicans are sustaining a give attention to the economic system whereas additionally campaigning on worries about crime in suburban and exurban districts round Seattle, Portland, Cincinnati and Cleveland. They’re additionally making an attempt to make use of a surge of migration to increase their territory in border districts in Texas and New Mexico.