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Election forecasters don’t see polling ‘sugar-high’ Democrats fear — for now

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

Pollsters and independent handicappers are increasingly convinced that Democrats aren’t experiencing an artificial “sugar-high” in polling but that multiple metrics are right now pointing to a good midterm environment for the party.  The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report became the latest independent forecaster this week in predicting that Republicans looked poised to lose the…

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