Poll after poll has indicated that her party is in for an insulting outcome at a time when President Joe Biden’s ratings are at awful lows and his domestic agenda is thwarted.
Republicans need to pick up only five districts to take back the House. “It is absolutely essential for our democracy that we win,” said Pelosi. “I fear for our democracy if the Republicans were ever to get the gavel. We can’t let that happen.
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"Democracy is on the ballot in November."
She made her remarks in an interview with Time magazine’s Molly Ball during a virtual ceremony for the 2022 Toner Prizes for political journalism.
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Increasing inflation, the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and party splits have sent Biden’s approval numbers into freefall.
Last week, a poll from a trusted Democratic source found that only 34 percent of voters approved of his performance in office.
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That will make life even harder for Democrats in midterms when a party holding Congress and the White House can generally expect a backlash anyway.
Pelosi framed the vote in terms of former President Donald Trump’s continuing grip on the Republican Party, along with his attempts to overturn the 2020 election result and the legacy of his supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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“It’s really a call to action for us to make sure that the public understands what is at stake,” she said.
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As a result, a defiant Pelosi insisted: “I don’t have any intention of the Democrats losing the Congress in November.”
“Recent years have upended conventional thinking on elections,” she said. “Everybody said redistricting was going to be horrible for the Democrats,” she said.
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"Remember that? Not so. Not so.
“If anything, we’ll pick up seats rather than lose 10 to 15, which conventional wisdom said that we would.
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“There’s nothing conventional anymore, and it certainly ain’t wisdom.”
Republicans see it differently and are preparing to retake the House. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he expected a significant majority in November. “We're going to win the majority, and it’s not going to be a five-seat majority,” he told Punchbowl News last week.
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A string of recent polls suggests Republicans are poised to make gains.
A survey conducted for the campaign arm of the House Republicans found that 75 percent of battleground voters believed that Democrats were “out of touch” and "condescending.”
Additionally, 67 percent said Democratic spending in Congress was "out of control."