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MASSIVE RED WAVE: CNN Caves, Admits Democrats Are Cooked In Midterms — Republicans Could Gain 7-17 House Seats!
by Noah 16 hours ago
You know it’s bad when even CNN is giving up hope for the Democrats…
All I can say is MASSIVE red wave incoming for 2028 Midterms and that’s not even considering all the incredible things President Trump is going to do between now and then.
This could be truly historic!
Here’s a short summary of the CNN video I’m about to show you to bring you up to speed:
- CNN’s Harry Enten warned Democrats face a grim 2026 midterm outlook due to stagnant polling and weak momentum.
- Unlike 2018’s “Blue Wave,” Democrats’ +3 generic ballot edge hasn’t grown since April, signaling stalled enthusiasm.
- Redistricting favors Republicans, who control more states and have greater potential for new seat gains.
- The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act case could further expand GOP advantages by eliminating certain race-based districts.
- Overall, Republicans could see net gains of 7 to 17 House seats, positioning them strongly for 2026.
Now you just have to watch, because this is a thing of beauty:
TRANSCRIPT:
Harry Enten:
2017, 2018, right? Because that’s sort of the baseline. That was, of course, the first Trump term. That was where Democrats were sort of keeping pace. You go back to April, look at the generic congressional ballot. What’d you see? You see +3 Democrats in 2025 in April. You see +3 Democrats back in April of 2017. Now, jump over to this side of the screen.
What happens? Well, the Democrats are no longer keeping pace with the pace that they were setting back in 2017, 2018. You look back in 2017, you saw that the Democrats had leaped up to an 8-point advantage. I remember covering this. I remember a lot of folks — including myself — saying, “You know what? Republicans look pretty decent right now in terms of the fact that they had the House, they had the Senate, they had the presidency, but things were likely going to flip.” And I was looking for the same signs this year.
The bottom line is, it hasn’t happened, Kate Bolduan. It hasn’t happened. Democrats have stayed basically steady. They have fallen off the pace. Democrats were way out ahead back in 2017 on the generic congressional ballot, and now we’re basically looking at Democrats ahead, but again, they are so far in back of the pace that they set back there.
And so, I think what a lot of folks are seeing, folks like myself are saying, “Wait a minute. Given what we might be seeing in redistricting, is this +3 going to be enough, Kate Bolduan?”
Kate Bolduan:
Well, that’s what I was gonna ask. One change from that cycle is also this mid-decade redistricting effort that we’ve been covering so much. Add that in, and what do you get?
Harry Enten:
Okay, so we add that in. We take a look at the national picture, but then we, of course, take a look at the state legislatures. Right. They are potentially changing things, and there are two things that are going on here.
First off, net mid-decade redistricting gains. If both sides max out at this point, there are more Republican gains possible than Democratic gains. Yes, the Democrats might try to counter a Texas and a California, but you go along in the different states and basically Democrats run out of room, while Republicans are able to gain and gain and gain.
If both sides max out, we’re probably looking at a GOP gain of +7 House seats.
That doesn’t even take into account the potential gutting of the VRA that is right now gonna be in front of the Supreme Court.
Kate Bolduan:
If you add that in, you could be looking—
Harry Enten:
Voting Rights, the Voting Rights Act.
Kate Bolduan:
What?
Harry Enten:
Yes. Voting Rights Act. Exactly right — the Voting Rights Act. If you add that in, then you could be looking at adding 10, 12, 15, 17 on top of this 7 seats.
So, I think a lot of folks like myself are looking at this and seeing, “Hey, wait a minute. Those national polls — Democrats are not gaining the way that we expected.”
Backup here if needed:
BREAKING: Democrats in full meltdown mode after CNN drops bombshell… They've hit the absolute limit on gerrymandering tricks and are still trailing badly in polls ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The Democrat Party has COLLAPSED! pic.twitter.com/ko4Rm1TWEn
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 15, 2025
More bad news for Dems here from a few days earlier…
Watch:
CNN poll shows democrats will lose 2026 midterm elections with Republicans maintaining competitive positioning for the House. How will the democrats ever win another election now that all their illegal voters are being deported?
The perfect storm.
Republicans give Trump a 90%… pic.twitter.com/u98GPr6wHU
— Paul Furlong (@MDMPaul) October 10, 2025
CNN’s Harry Enten warned that Democrats face a tough outlook for the 2026 midterms, citing weak approval ratings and minimal polling momentum.
Democrats had hoped for another “Blue Wave” like 2018, but current polling doesn’t indicate the same surge.
In both April 2017 and April 2025, Democrats held a 3-point lead on the generic congressional ballot — but unlike in 2017, that lead hasn’t grown.
By October 2017, Democrats had expanded their advantage to 8 points, signaling strong momentum that year; no such gain is happening now.
Enten said Democrats have “fallen off the pace” compared to 2017 and questioned whether a small +3 margin would be enough to hold the House.
Redistricting favors Republicans, as they control more states where new maps could yield additional GOP seats.
Democratic states like Maryland, Illinois, and Massachusetts already have little room for further gains, limiting their potential.
Enten estimated that, even if both parties maximize their maps, Republicans could gain around seven House seatspurely from redistricting.
The Supreme Court’s current case involving the Voting Rights Act could further benefit Republicans by striking down districts drawn on racial lines.
If that happens, Enten projected Republican gains could grow by 10–17 additional seats, especially in southern states.
Overall, the data suggests Republicans are positioned for net House gains in 2026 unless Democrats see a major late-cycle polling surge.
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From WLT Report
Link:
https://wltreport.com/2025/10/15/mas...m_campaign=PTN
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