Halloween Open Thread [10.31.14]

Filed in National by on October 31, 2014

“Democratic efforts to turn out the young and nonwhite voters who sat out the 2010 midterm elections appear to be paying off in several Senate battleground states. More than 20 percent of the nearly three million votes already tabulated in Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa have come from people who did not vote in the last midterm election,” according to an analysis of early-voting data by The Upshot.

I have felt all along that this election was not going to play out according to the normal media’s Republican Landslide/Obama/Democrats Repudiated narrative. The reason why is 1) the Democrats were going to do a presidential level GOTV operation to make up for the embarrassing loss in 2010, and 2) like in 1998, I felt like there was going to be GOP overreach and a pushback from the public. In 1998, the result of that was the Dems breaking even in the Senate and winning 5 seats in the House. In 2014, it will be the Dems holding onto the Senate. I will be releasing my full predictions of how the Dems will do that on Monday.

Come inside for more polls…

SENATE.BAR

ALASKA
Moore Information: Dan Sullivan (R) 42, Sen. Mark Begich (D) 38
Ivan Moore Research—D: Sen. Mark Begich (D) 50, Dan Sullivan (R) 42

ARKANSAS
Rasmussen: Tom Cotton (R) 51, Sen. Mark Pryor (D) 44
Univ. of Arkansas: Tom Cotton (R) 49, Sen. Mark Pryor (D) 36

COLORADO
CO-Sen (PPP—D): Sen. Mark Udall (D) 48, Cory Gardner (R) 48
Quinnipiac: Cory Gardner (R) 46, Sen. Mark Udall (D) 39
Strategies 360—D): Sen. Mark Udall (D) 45, Cory Gardner (R) 44
SurveyUSA: Cory Gardner (R) 46, Sen. Mark Udall (D) 44< Vox Populi—R: Cory Gardner (R) 46, Sen. Mark Udall (D) 43

GEORGIA
Landmark—R: Michelle Nunn (D) 47, David Perdue (R) 47
Monmouth: David Perdue (R) 49, Michelle Nunn (D) 41
Rasmussen: Michelle Nunn (D) 47, David Perdue (R) 47
SurveyUSA: David Perdue (R) 48, Michelle Nunn (D) 45

IOWA
Garin Hart Yang—D: Bruce Braley (D) 47, Joni Ernst (R) 47
Loras College: Bruce Braley (D) 45, Joni Ernst (R) 44
Quinnipiac: Joni Ernst (R) 49, Bruce Braley (D) 45
Reuters/Ipsos: Joni Ernst (R) 45, Bruce Braley (D) 45.

KANSAS
SurveyUSA: Greg Orman (I) 44, Sen. Pat Roberts (R) 42

KENTUCKY
Public Opinion Strategies—R: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) 50, Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) 43
SurveyUSA: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) 48, Alison Lundergan Grimes (D) 43

LOUISIANA
Univ. of New Orleans: Bill Cassidy (R) 51, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) 43
Rasmussen: Bill Cassidy (R) 50, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) 46

MICHIGAN
EPIC-MRA: Gary Peters (D) 50, Terri Land (R) 35
Mitchell Research: Gary Peters (D) 52, Terri Land (R) 38
Glengariff Group: Gary Peters (D) 48, Terri Land (R) 33

MONTANA
Gravis—R: Steve Daines (R) 53, Amanda Curtis (D) 39

NORTH CAROLINA
NC-Sen (PPP—D): Sen. Kay Hagan (D) 47, Thom Tillis (R) 46
Rasmussen: Sen. Kay Hagan (D) 47, Thom Tillis (R) 46
Elon Univ.: Sen. Kay Hagan (D) 45, Thom Tillis (R) 41
Public Opinion Strategies—R: Sen. Kay Hagan (D) 44, Thom Tillis (R) 44

NEW HAMPSHIRE

AR): Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) 49, Scott Brown (R) 49

Univ. of New Hampshire: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) 50, Scott Brown (R) 42

SOUTH DAKOTA
Rasmussen: Mike Rounds (R) 45, Rick Weiland (D) 31, Larry Pressler (I) 20
Monmouth: Mike Rounds (R) 45, Rick Weiland (D) 31, Larry Pressler (I) 19

Mason Dixon: Mike Rounds (R) 43, Rick Weiland (D) 32, Larry Pressler (I) 19

VIRGINIA
Roanoke College: Sen. Mark Warner (D) 45, Ed Gillespie (R) 32

GOVERNOR.BAR

ARKANSAS
Rasmussen: Asa Hutchinson (R) 50, Mike Ross (D) 43
Univ. of Arkansas: Asa Hutchinson (R) 50, Mike Ross (D) 39

COLORADO
SurveyUSA: Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 46, Bob Beauprez (R) 46
CO-Gov (PPP—D): Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 47, Bob Beauprez (R) 47
Vox Populi—R: Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 49, Bob Beauprez (R) 44
Quinnipiac: Bob Beauprez (R) 45, Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 40
Strategies 360—D: Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 46, Bob Beauprez (R) 43
Rasmussen: Bob Beauprez (R) 49, Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 47

CONNECTICUT
Quinnipiac: Gov. Dan Malloy (D) 43, Tom Foley (R) 43

FLORIDA
Cherry Communications—R: Gov. Rick Scott (R) 44, Charlie Crist (D) 39
Univ. of Florida: Gov. Rick Scott (R) 36, Charlie Crist (D) 36
SEA Polling—D: Gov. Rick Scott (R) 45, Charlie Crist (D) 43
Quinnipiac: Charlie Crist (D) 43, Gov. Rick Scott (R) 40
Øptimus—R: Gov. Rick Scott (R) 42, Charlie Crist (D) 39

GEORGIA
Landmark—R: Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 48, Jason Carter (D) 46
Monmouth: Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 48, Jason Carter (D) 42
Rasmussen: Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 49, Jason Carter (D) 43
SurveyUSA: Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 46, Jason Carter (D) 44

ILLINOIS
McKeon and Associates—R: Gov. Pat Quinn (D) 45, Bruce Rauner (R) 42

KANSAS
SurveyUSA: Paul Davis (D) 46, Gov. Sam Brownback (R) 43

HEY MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS, STOP NOMINATING MARTHA COAKLEY. SHE SUCKS.
Emerson College: Charlie Baker (R) 48, Martha Coakley (D) 42
Suffolk: Charlie Baker (R) 46, Martha Coakley (D) 43
MassINC: Charlie Baker (R) 43, Martha Coakley (D) 42
Social Sphere/Boston Globe: Charlie Baker (R) 44, Martha Coakley (D) 37
Univ. of Mass-Lowell: Charlie Baker (R) 45, Martha Coakley (D) 41

MAINE
Ipsos: Gov. Paul LePage (R) 42, Mike Michaud (D) 42, Eliot Cutler (I) 13
Pan Atlantic SMS: Gov. Paul LePage (R) 40, Mike Michaud (D) 40, Eliot Cutler (I) 13

MICHIGAN
EPIC-MRA: Gov. Rick Snyder (R) 45, Mark Schauer (D) 43
Mitchell Research: Gov. Rick Snyder (R) 48, Mark Schauer (D) 43

PENNSYLVANIA
Franklin and Marshall: Tom Wolf (D) 53, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) 40
Harper Polling—R: Tom Wolf (D) 50, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) 40

RHODE ISLAND
Brown Univ.: Gina Raimondo (D) 39, Allan Fung (R) 38, Robert Healey (I) 12

WISCONSIN
Marquette: Gov. Scott Walker (R) 50, Mary Burke (D) 43

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  1. Brooke says:

    Was there ever anything as awesome as this? I laughed so hard I cried. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkNzyGDy7AM