The left has been salivating to take back congress in a “Blue Wave” ever since their stunning defeat in 2016. We are going to make sure that it results in a Red Storm where they lose even more seats in the House and Senate.
The left has clung to the idea of a “Blue Wave" in order to give themselves hope - hope that they can bring more radicalized refugees to the United States so that we may suffer what Europe is going through, hope for an even greater souring of race relations so that even more neighborhoods are looted and burned to the ground, hope for more power for feminists to ruin your careers and industries and livelihoods, hope for more political correctness to strangle our freedom of speech, hope for more power to the establishment media to attack us for thoughtcrime, hope that they can take down President Trump - who is our hope at reversing the damage they've done over the past few decades. We are going to make their Blue Wave falter in the midst of a Red Storm.
The purpose of this thread is to provide Sup Forums a convenient guide to the 2018 midterms, and a platform to take action to achieve specific objectives that will prevent any semblance of a “Blue Wave.”
>Defeatist Black Pillers not welcome. Your mentality is for losers. We didn't need you in 2016, and we don't need you now.
>Shills not welcome. Your attempts are utterly transparent. You were wrong in 2016. You were defeated in all 5 House Races in 2017. Your only real victory was in Alabama, and that was when our guy was smeared as a pedo, got massively outspent, and got betrayed by prominent figures in the GOP. You won't be able to do that in every single race this year. We know the stakes are too high for that. On the other hand, legitimate dissenters of all types are welcome.
>REMINDER that most political power in the USA isn't in the Presidency, it's in the Congress. In many ways, this can be even more impactful than Trump becoming President
>REMINDER that a Democrat congress can fuck up everything we've achieved in 2016, and they definitely will try their best to. You can bet that they will seriously try impeachment.
>REMINDER that Trump's victory is a once in a lifetime opportunity. If we fuck up now, we may NEVER get another man like him in government in our lifetime
>REMINDER that even if you’re disappointed with how Trump is compromising too much with the Democrats by not doing things like immediately repealing DACA and not getting the wall through…November 6, 2018 is your chance to elect a much redder congress so that he doesn’t have to compromise with the Democrats so much and has a much greater chance of passing every item on his agenda through
>REMINDER that even if you hate Republicucks like Bitch McConnell, instead of whining in impotent rage, you should use your energy on electing solid MAGA candidates in the primaries and casting a vote against the Democrat even if a Republicuck wins the primary
[ ]>think of all the family members and friends you know who are willing to vote against the Democrats, and get them to register to vote if they haven’t yet, and CONSTANTLY REMIND THEM THAT NOVEMBER 6 IS THE BIG DAY. Do whatever it takes. If you have a younger Gen Z sister who hates the Democrats and recently turned 18, get her to stop taking selfies and take some time to register. Prepare a family / friend party for November 6 or close to it. Anything along those lines. If you’re a hot chick (or a girl who isn’t a landwhale, really) get your beta orbiters to vote.
[ ] >if you know people willing to vote Democrat, think of all the ways to redpill or demotivate them; obviously this will vary on a case-by-case basis
[ ] >share what you know about how each candidate is perceived in your area (e.g. I live in Indiana and Joe Donnelly isn't even popular among progressives; I live in NYC and many people here won't even bother going out to vote for Gillibrand)
[ ] >share your ideas on how to improve this general
Camden Bennett
>state legislature elections are also important. There are too many of them to devote an entire post for each race, so look up the races for your local area. Be warned – tiny local races can be massively gamed by large amount of cash and GOTV efforts because people don’t tend to care about them as much, which means that a large enough group of butthurt leftists can be directed to win an election in a red-favored district because few people are keeping track of them
>75 Years Old, former astronaut, 2nd sitting member of Congress to travel into space >3 Term Senator. First elected in 2000 with 51% of the vote. Reelected in 2006 with 60% of the vote. Reelected in 2012 with 55% of the vote. >Moderate Democrat. Accused of being a DINO -- Democrat in Name Only. Florida is a purple state, so no shit. >As of 2017 he holds a 52% approval rating with only 23% of his constituents saying they disapprove of his job as Senator.
The guy is a bit of a tough opponent. He has a solid resume. He won in 2006 and 2012 with nice margins, partly because those were ‘blue years’ where Democrats won big. However, a lot has changed in the country since 2012. SJW bullshit only really started in 2014. Trump changed the landscape in 2015 and won in 2016 when he was a fucking joke in 2012. This guy is beatable, but as a moderate Democrat can appeal to large segments of the Floridian population. We’re going to have to marshall the people who voted for Rubio and Trump to vote for this guy. I used to live in Florida but don’t know much about him.
Any thoughts? I’ll update this as more info comes in.
>57 years old, generic lawyer turned career politician >first elected in 2006, beating Rick Santorum with 59% of the vote, and in 2012 by 53.7%
>supported PIPA >Casey supported President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in December 2009 >Pro-Life Democrat >On economic and education-based issues, Casey falls more closely in line with mainstream Democratic policies. >Casey is generally considered a pro-gun rights senator and a strong supporter of the Second Amendment
As we all know, Pennsylvania is one of the rust belt states that flipped to Trump. The GOP knows this and should push hard. The Democrats know this and will pour in money to defend it. If massive amounts of Amish show up, along with high turnout in rural areas, we can take this. We can capitalize on how he’s against Trump’s plans for bringing back economic prosperity to the White House.
If you live in Pennsylvania, mark this date on your calendar. Read up on primary candidates and remember to get your friends/family out with you to vote!!
We’re going up against Tim Kaine, aka the guy who looks like a Batman villain, aka the guy Pence BTFO at the debate, aka the beta male Hillary picked because she couldn’t let her VP choice look more alpha than her, aka the guy who probably would have became President if Hillary won
>59 years old, generic career politician >elected in 2012 with 52.9% of the vote
Virginia has shifted blue ever since Obama won it in 2008. Some people consider it closer to a legit blue state like New York than a purple state like Florida. That doesn’t mean we still can’t win. In the 2017 race, the GOP candidate Gillespie didn’t turn out as much conservative voters in the rural western parts. If the 2018 GOP senate candidate (maybe Corey Stewart) turns them out, it’s possible we take Virginia if the climate by November is favorable to the GOP.
>55 years old, generic lawyer turned career politician >first elected in 2012 with 51.4% of the vote
>first openly gay candidate to be elected to the Senate >In October 2012, Baldwin described herself as a proud progressive. >An outspoken advocate of single-payer, government-run health insurance since her days as a state legislator, Baldwin introduced the Health Security for All Americans Act, aimed at creating such a system, multiple times, beginning in 2000 >Baldwin has advanced what she sees as stronger enforcement of laws against sexual violence and violence against women.
Clearly a raging progressive lesbian feminist. Whoever runs against her in Wisconsin needs to capitalize on economic prosperity and turning out Trump voters against her.
>62 years old, generic lawyer turned career politician >first elected in 2012 with 50.2% of the vote; margin of only 2994 >moderate Democrat >Heitkamp has said that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains "good and bad" and "it needs to be fixed." She criticized her Senate opponent Rick Berg for wanting to repeal the law, citing concerns about insurance companies denying coverage to children with preexisting conditions. >Heitkamp has an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA) for her consistent support of pro-gun legislation.
it’s clear she’s doing her best to pander to the conservative. She is running in a state Trump won, but all it takes is for enough Trump voters to prefer her over the GOP candidate.
Mark this date on your calendar if you live in North Dakota. Read up on primary candidates, and remember to get your friends/family out with you to vote!!
>64 years old, generic lawyer turned career politician >appointed in 2006 by NJ Governor Corzine, won the 2006 election by 53% and the 2012 election by 58.9%
New Jersey is solidly blue so this will be an uphill battle. Menendez is dogged by scandals however, so if he goes up against a strong GOP candidate, he can lose. At the same time, Chris Christie might have tainted the reputation of the Republican Party.
Any thoughts?
Primary Date June 5, 2018
If you live in New Jersey, mark this date on your calendar. Read up on primary candidates and remember to get your friends/family out with you to vote.
The NRCC released its initial list of targeted Democratic incumbents on February 8, 2017. If you live in any of these districts, make sure you get everyone you know, who is receptive to voting against the Democrats, out to vote. If we take all 36 seats and retain all our own, we will have a total of 277 seats to 158 Democrat seats, which will enable us to pass pretty much all of President Trump’s agenda if the Senate races go well too.
Arizona's 1st District Tom O'Halleran Arizona's 9th District Kyrsten Sinema California's 7th District Ami Bera California's 24th District Salud Carbajal California's 36th District Raul Ruiz California's 52nd District Scott Peters Colorado's 7th District Ed Perlmutter Connecticut's 2nd District Joe Courtney Connecticut's 5th District Elizabeth Esty Florida's 7th District Stephanie Murphy Florida's 13th District Charlie Crist Iowa's 2nd District Dave Loebsack Illinois' 17th District Cheri Bustos Massachusetts' 9th District Bill Keating Maryland's 6th District John Delaney Michigan's 5th District Dan Kildee Michigan's 9th District Sander Levin Minnesota's 1st District Tim Walz Minnesota's 7th District Collin Peterson Minnesota's 8th District Rick Nolan New Hampshire's 1st District Carol Shea-Porter New Hampshire's 2nd District Ann Kuster New Jersey's 5th District Josh Gottheimer New Mexico's 1st District Michelle Lujan Grisham New Mexico's 3rd District Ben Ray Lujan Nevada's 3rd District Jacky Rosen Nevada's 4th District Ruben Kihuen New York's 3rd District Tom Suozzi New York's 18th District Sean Patrick Maloney Ohio's 13th District Tim Ryan Oregon's 4th District Peter DeFazio Oregon's 5th District Kurt Schrader Pennsylvania's 17th District Matt Cartwright Washington's 6th District Derek Kilmer Washington's 10th District Denny Heck Wisconsin's 3rd District Ron Kind
Nathan Perry
>Republicans up for reelection in “safe red states.” Note -- even if you live in these states, GET OUT AND VOTE. There is no such thing as a 100% safe state for any side.
Nebraska: Deb Fischer(Won by 57.8% in 2012)(Running in 2018) Current age: 66 Mississippi: Roger Wicker (Won by 57.2% in 2012)(Running in 2018) Current age: 66 Utah: Orrin Hatch (not running in 2018)(Won by 65.2% in 2012)(might be replaced by Mitt Romney) Wyoming: John Barrasso (Won by 75.9% in 2012)(Running in 2018) Current age: 65
>Republicans up for reelection in states that aren’t ‘safe.’ Note that you can consider some of these pretty safe, like Texas, but that is no excuse to not VOTE if you live in these states.
Arizona: Jeff Flake (won by 49.2%)(not running in 2018) Nevada: Dean Heller (won by 45.9%)(Running in 2018)Current age: 57 Texas: Ted Cruz (won by 56.6%)(Running in 2018) Current age: 47 Tennessee: Bob Corker (won by 64.9%)(not running in 2018)
Kevin Parker
(Jobs)
>With the new Trump tax cuts, the resulting economic growth will lead to more jobs >Trump is bringing back plenty of new jobs to the rust belt
(Healthcare)
>Obamacare is massively unpopular. I know a few former Obama supporters who switched to Trump, with this issue being one of the main reasons.
>Trump has made strides in repealing Obamacare
(Immigration)
>Trump has made strides in improving border security
>Democrats are holding back funding for the Wall
(Opioid Epidemic)
>The Opioid epidemic is caused by drug cartels sending immigrants into the country as drug mules and also all the cities most affected by the drugs are run by democrats.
>Opioid overdose is the leading cause of death for adults in the US under the age of 50. This is the most pressing health issue in the nation. It beats out literally everything else.
(Gun Control)
>There are many voters who are pro-2nd Amendment who consider being anti-gun to be a dealbreaker. These can be counted upon to show up to vote against Democrats
>likewise, "think of muh children in schools" types might act the opposite way
Noah Rodriguez
(Abortion)
>we can count on evangelical pro-lifers to reliably vote for pro-life candidates, as this is often a dealbreaker issue for them
>likewise, some pro-choicers will reliably vote for pro-choice candidates
(Marijuana)
>a problem the GOP has is that its candidates generalize oppose legalization or decriminilization, and voters who consider this important can swing an election
>if Trump kicks out sessions and moves towards decriminalization or legalization, it can help him and the GOP tremendously
(President Trump)
>Democrats will attack Trump for a variety of issues -- conspiracy theories about Russian collusion, his mental health
>People with an autistic hatred for Trump can be motivated to turnout for the Democrats, though that probably won’t mean much given that they’re going to be centered in areas that are already reliably blue. At the same time, their hatred can be offputting to independents and moderates.
>GOP candidates in NeverTrumper areas will need to distance themselves from Trump, and we are going to have to be fine with that, because they’re likely to be better than the Democrat candidates
>GOP candidates in areas where Trump is popular should market themselves as explicitly MAGA anti-establishment candidates.
Connor Carter
(Human Trafficking / Pizzagate / Pedos in the Establishment)
>if John Podesta gets busted this year, the GOP can capitalize on this MASSIVELY. Even if we don’t get Skippy, getting some other Democrat figures exposed as pedos will fuck them up like how Moore got fucked up and turned Alabama blue
(Sexual Harrassment)
>have no doubt about it, you can bet your balls that more than a few GOP candidates WILL face allegations of sexual harassment, maybe even as severe as Moore’s or worse. Everyone running as a Republican must be prepared to respond ‘no’ in a clear, definitive way that makes the Democrats look bad for trying to smear them
>it’s a double edged sword. Democrats will probably face allegations and will be harmed by them too.
“The first midterm always goes against the party in the Presidency”
Realize that "first midterm going against party in Presidency" phenomenon isn't some magical axiom that just happens, but is explainable through factors that can be altered in our favor
i.e.
>not getting complacent >getting voters motivated against the Democrats >a lot of fundraising >not listening to blackpilled faggots from cucked out countries >organization, which is what this general contributes to
Blake Williams
LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Gabriel Smith
(MICHIGAN 9th DISTRICT)
WE NEED YOU TO VOTE FOR CANDIUS STEARNS!
Michigan 9
>Name: Candius Stearns
> Hates immigrants > Pro Business
>Background: A former benefits manager and small businesswoman, Stearns is running for the open seat after having held positions with the Macomb County Republican Party. She says she would put her experience to work to lower health care costs and improve quality of care. She is also pushing to increase apprenticeship and technical training programs and reduce government spending.
>Main Opponenet: Andy Levin - This man is part of a Clinton Esque dynasty that will not go away
>This area voted for Trump in 2016. It was a major swing area that Trump targetted and honestly one of the reason's he's in office.
>Remember the Ted Nuggent performance on election night? That's here.
Noah Johnson
Texasfag here. For what it's worth (and let's face it, Texas is as red as it gets) I'm gonna make my small contribution to this. Let's fucking destroy these libshits.
James Butler
“B-but Alabama went blue! You have no chance! Blue wave imminent!”
Realize that it only went blue because of *severely* depressed Republican turnout due to pedo allegations and backstabbing from other GOP figures like Dick Shelby, Flake, McConnell, Ivanka, et al. Old ladies who get their news from local talk radio and FOX News thought the allegations were legit.
This year, there will be hundreds of races to focus on, which means pedo allegations and party infighting won’t be factors.
Jace Hernandez
Bout damn time someone on Sup Forums pulled their head out of the ass of race-bait threads and started a REAL political thread.
Trump is handling the recovery well, despite what bullshit the San Juan mayor is peddling. Many Puerto Ricans will vote GOP as a result
Xavier Moore
Can we get Trump to campaign on the weekends. Like maybe 6 or 7 times a weekend.
Lincoln Brown
euroflag shill posting loli to try to derail. I dont know what's worse, that tactic or gore posting.
Adrian Lewis
Let's make this our year lads
Also just to make sure, it's legal to donate to candidates in other states, right?
Benjamin Parker
yeah, you can donate to whomever you want wherever.
Jayden Ross
I think general congressional polls are crappy predictors, but here is what it was like in the early part of 2014
Kevin Flores
Chinese cloning technology may have advanced more rapidly than is commonly understood.
James King
and here is what it ended up being in the later part of the year
A LOT can change in between now and November. Don't let polls demoralize you. Butthurt leftist spergs will be out to vote, but they are a minority, and are offputting to moderates and independents
if we have Trump voters, neverTrumpers, moderates and independents on our side, we will BTFO the left this November
Jayden Evans
I think he'll do something along those lines. He knows this is important. Winning the midterms is very, very high priority for him in 2018
>extremely detailed practical advice on how to do political organizing for mainstream candidates >targeting Sup Forums in a reasonable amount of detail but also contains no open racism >calls other people shills preemptively hmm
Nathaniel Brooks
Unless they burned thousands of votes I don't buy it. The numbers from previous elections show what did Moore in was depressed turnout. All the more reason we need to be extremely cautious of repeating the same mistakes.
David Johnson
Fuckoff shillnigger
Xavier Miller
Friendly reminders about these general congressional polls:
1st, when it comes to the generic ballot, the generic “Congress” as a whole has been hugely unpopular for a long time, but most still people like their individual congressman. This bears out in an obvious way come election time. 2nd, the GOP has 241 seats and needs 218 to hold the house. Thats a HUGE edge. Right now rcp has 225 seats either likely or solid red and 20 tossups. 3rd, the tax bill will be popular. Already since it passed trump's approval has shot up AND the generic congressional ballot was +16 dems before the bill, +8 after. Already cut in half and that's before anyone has seen the effect on their paycheck. Just wait. We will all look back at idiot posts like this and laugh hysterically about how off they were.
Robert Perry
thank you user
Connor Smith
how do we fix this?
Isaac Wilson
Illinois is having a gubernatorial election this year, and Rauner is being challenged in the Republican party by one Jeanne Ives. Rauner is a cuckservative to the extreme and essentially made Illinois a sanctuary state a few years ago. Ives is great on taxes, pensions, small government, immigration. She's got gay baggage though. Illinois doesn't have to be New York or California. Rauner's election showed there was obviously a large right wing bloc.
Matthew Cruz
yougov polls seem to be unreliable, not to mention it's still January
Michael Howard
/blue tsunami/
Dylan Bailey
>they cheated.
IT WAS HIS TURN
Jordan Green
OP is a RNC shill. It's already been confirmed.
Matthew Johnson
This bitch is getting canned. I'm gonna do my part.
Thomas Roberts
sorry user it's just tl:dr and i didn't get all of it
the best thing we can use is our meme-magic to win the war-of-the-words. i doubt we can kill "dreamer" in time to affect daca but we can try. "racism" is the big prize. i think we should do something like "cuck" to connect the issue to weakness
Anthony Thompson
let people watch their weekly pay check go up by hundreds of dollars thanks to trump's tax cut
Brayden Martinez
danke schoen user
Jace Garcia
>t. sharia blue
Lucas Sanders
thankfully he at least bumped the thread
Hudson Nguyen
Yeah they are out in force. More so than they have on this General to date. Somebodies getting nervous.
Charles Wood
You faggots already have /ptg/
Josiah Carter
(MINNESOTA SENATE RACES - INCLUDING AL FRANKEN’S OLD SEAT)
We will be going up against Tina Smith, Al Franken’s replacement. Note that there are TWO Senate elections in Minnesota this time around.
>59 Years Old, worked with Planned Parenthood, aside from some time spent in marketing worked mainly in politics >former Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
There really isn’t much to be said at this point. Minnesota was one of the states that ALMOST went to Trump (a margin of around 40,000). If he won it, he would have won a state that even Reagan couldn’t win in 1984. The last time a Republican won it was 1972. The political landscape in Minnesota has changed massively. It’s similar to Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Any thoughts? I’m grouping this in with the other senate race.
>57 years old, generic lawyer turned career politician >She has been called a "rising star" in the Democratic Party. >She has been named by The New York Times and The New Yorker as one of the women most likely to become the first female President of the United States, and by MSNBC and The New Yorker as a possible nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. >first won in 2006 with 58%, then reelected in 2012 with 65% of the vote
>Klobuchar has a "F" rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA) for supporting gun control legislation >Klobuchar opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership "because she [had] concerns about whether the proposed legislation [was] strong enough for American workers."
This sounds like it’s going to be a tough battle. We’re going to need a strong GOP candidate to get turnout high among potential Trump voters. A huge reason he didn’t win in 2016 was because of McMullin who siphoned off 53,000 votes (probably not Democrat voters) and Johnson siphoning off 112,000 votes (including some Democrat voters). Margin between Trump and Hillary was 44,765 votes.
You can bet that the Democrats will employ their usual get out the vote efforts (though maybe they think Minnesota is safer than it actually is?).
you can have this thread... when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
Sebastian Young
that congressional map looks alot more favorable to repubs than I would have expected.
Ryder Long
Is this about Trump or about midterm elections Brock?
Matthew Hernandez
the dying shit spasm of a prolapsed anus is all. Brock has too much walnut sauce on his hands to hope for the midterm. He knows it's already over, but they need to keep up appearances in the meantime.
Colton Jones
I hate this faggot so goddamn much. He's actively trying to make sure the 300,000+ puerto ricans that came to FL after the hurricane stay, obviously for more votes. He's destroying our once great state one shitskin and virtue signal at a time. South Florida is lost to the horde, but it's hightime north Fl unseats this faggot, and put in his place Augustus Invictus.
Friendly reminder Trump won florida by roughly 100k votes, and if the shitskins that flooded my state are here to stay, he will lose florida in 2020. UNSEAT THIS GERIATRIC FAGGOR
Grayson Allen
how
Kayden Cook
We need to take this very seriously, the national environment is not good for Congress right now.
Ideally, we would keep power in both houses.
Likely, we will definitely lose the House.
Worst case scenario, we lose both the House and the Senate, effectively ending any hope of legislation and endangering Trump personally.
We must do everything we can to prevent that from happening.
Bentley Baker
you should be concerned (no matter what the circumstances are...midterms are ALWAYS important), but you shouldn't be worried
First of all, the Democrats are still doing worse than Republicans. I don't believe those polls for a second.
Second of all, so much can change in between now and November to make the GOP even stronger
Ayden Stewart
Minnesota is increasingly looking like some high-priority state.
Eli Thompson
Minnesota is where wisconsin was ten years ago. In 10-20 it will be solid red. at the same time arizona will be going solid blue
Ian Moore
>implying we won't have deported enough amounts to turn Arizona solid red again
Austin Roberts
bump
Nathan Robinson
the house of representatives from the range of polls I've seen is too variable to predict, some see Rs maintaining it with a decent margin even if dems have 2006-esque turnout, others have the Rs losing by large margins. Always make sure to be safe though, and push to the very end.
Juan Anderson
Unless Calexit happens, it'll probably be legally immigrated/Californicated to death, sadly. Blue states are like dead husks and we try to pump our red state blood into them.
Camden Lopez
Dont forget Utah...where Romney plans on running as an obstructionist to President Trump...any Utahns in here know of anyone that can run against Romney in the Republican primaries to bump him out?
i know Utah was one of the poorest showing states that president Trump won (barely,)...is there any hope they dont put loser Mitts in because of muh mormanism?
Jackson Sullivan
I don't mind him but you know...he's not only really hard to elect, but pagan crap isn't shit most right-wingers want elected. Have a second horse for the primaries.
basically, the high confidence projections they have (which from past analyses they've accurately predicted 99.7% of, so it's extremely likely they'll get all of them right bar one or two at most) has 205 R seats and 163 D seats this gives a field of about 63 seats in competition 218 seats are needed to have a majority, meaning Rs would need to grab at least 13 seats out of the 63 in play in order to keep the house obviously we want much more than this for legislative purposes, but this effectively prevents any impeachment attempts Now, if there's a 2006-esque "blue wave" with a similar makeup to that year, w/ 54% dems and 46% Rs, that still gives Rs a majority of 226 seats, at least according to FairVote this is about 52% of the House of Representatives which would be Republican, or to give a frame of reference, about the same margin that we had in the senate before Moore's loss
Mason Wilson
We should hijack the "bluewave" hashtag on twitter with with anti-white/anti-male/anti-America "woman of color" sock accounts. Favorite/retweet Beyoncé and KFC, also, for credibility.
Kevin Jackson
Thanks so much for doing this. Ready for November.
