CNN: Republicans Are in the ‘Best Position’ Ahead of Midterms in Over 80 Years

It is still months away from the 🗳️2022 midterm elections, but Republicans appear to be in their strongest electoral position in decades.

CNN’s 📺Jake Tapper kicked off a segment of his show on Monday by noting that “things are looking pretty good” for Republican candidates.

Senior data reporter Harry Enten said, “I would say they’re looking very good from the historical context.”

Enten explained that he reviewed polls going back to 1938 from this point in the midterm cycle, that asked respondents if they would vote for a “generic” Republican or Democrat.

He noted that Republicans currently hold a two-point lead over Democrats, which is “the best position for Republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years.”

“It beats 2010 when Republicans were up a point. It beats ’14, 2002, 1998 where Democrats led by a point. And in all of those four prior examples that make this list of the top five, who won a majority? It was the Republicans,” Enten said.

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Enten went on to predict that if the election was held today, Republicans would end up with between 236 and 241 seats in the House. Meanwhile, he predicted that Democrats would be left with 194 and 199 seats — still, he noted that “history isn’t always prologue.”

Tapper chimed in, “That would be a stomping.”

“A lot of the Democrats’ problems, it seems, can be linked back to the president, who is severely underwater,” he added.