Polling Shows Tightening Race In Key Swing States

With just two weeks before the midterm elections, new polling shows tight races in key battleground states. The Morning Joe panel discusses the numbers and what it could mean for November 8.


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Polling Shows Tightening Race In Key Swing States

[jonspitz]

It is mind blowing to see that fully half of all Americans think that the Repuglicans are the answer to our county's problems.

[harryjove]

This is not for a position in a nursing home, this position is to govern a State, stay forced.

[rjnation]

Good luck America, it's actually terrifying what's happening with your voting, Rj in Oz

[dannmarceau]

Time to rid ourselves of the Russian operative "Rusky" Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

[lesgilbert]

I am getting this feeling that denying election results will not be so taboo after November.

[jbanders]

Polls dont vote. Polls are done for new segments to report on. Dont pay attention to the polls. Make sure to vote!

[CriticalThinking]

How could any Pennsylvanian vote for Oz….? 🤷‍♂️

[mikefobear]

Who do you think the Jan 6th Capital Police will vote for?

[lastchancemonicam]

I have to ask, is no one else insulted that a reverend preacher is having trouble holding his own against a wife and child abusing, hypocritical former football star in a battle based on truth? On the moral level, it's not looking well for that state.

[caroleekeith]

Just 2 choices.
Vote republican for fascism.
Vote Democratic for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Simple stuff really.

[janeenharris]

The fact that these terrible Republican candidates have any chance at all is terrifying to someone like me, who is a citizen of an allied nation. During the Trump years I always hoped we'd take a step back from our relationship with the US, and now I'm wishing for that again. The country has lost its soul!

[mwilk]

So, should we even bother to vote or should we just expect the pollsters to pick the winners now? Take your polls and shove them. I'm going to vote.

[SpaceBethC]

A candy van driver would a better senator than John Fetterman

[jackcross]

Desperation and despair. One tear for you 😢

[LostandFoundTravel]

"We win or We deny" - GOP does have a clear platform.

[MedinaCliff]

We are not a Democracy. We are a REPUBLIC.
Save our Republic.
VOTE STRAIGHT REPUBLIC!

[DrMoto]

Republican Mehmet Oz has pulled ahead of John Fetterman in the first Pennsylvania Senate poll released after this week’s highly anticipated debate. 47.6 percent of respondents said they would vote for Oz if the election were held today, versus 45.9 percent who said they would choose Fetterman. A small sample of voters who said they were undecided broke heavily for Oz over Fetterman—64.4 percent to 35.6 percent—when pressed to choose either the Democrat or Republican.

This is the first post debate indicator that Fetterman’s shaky performance on Tuesday ended his chances in November. Fetterman fumbled repeatedly during Tuesday’s debate, the only one he would agree to in the Senate contest. He gave incoherent answers on the wealth tax and his position on fracking. He also repeatedly declined to release his medical records, saying he was being transparent enough just by "showing up" for the debate.

[staceybryceadams]

It's going a 10+ point win for Fetterman and Shapiro

[b-Maker-Street]

7:50 *Debates have little to no impact on election results* according to _Professor Allan Lichtman_ (who's correctly predicted every single Presidential election result in modern times).

His 13 keys are worth revisiting, even though this is the midterms.

[chilibeans]

The amount of democratic winning is proportional to the internet trolls crying 😂