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This R&D provides articles on the 2014 midterm elections, which will take place next Tuesday. Extempers going to tournaments this weekend can expect lots of questions about how those elections may turn out on the state and national level. Republicans hope to capture the Senate, while Democrats hope to knock off potential 2016 presidential contenders such as Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
Opinion: The midterms are about Americans’ deep anxieties – but the fear has been building for a long time. http://t.co/GBI0HLL2q4
— POLITICO (@politico) October 28, 2014
What’s at stake in the mid-terms? We explain http://t.co/W0ISVQNqDL
— The Economist (@EconUS) October 28, 2014
Our midterm poll from last week: GOP Leads on Key Issues, Democrats Have a More Positive Image http://t.co/vXA1vA6bzN pic.twitter.com/xgsIQomZBg
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 26, 2014
The midterms are awash in ‘dark money.’ Ironically, that may end up fixing money in politics: http://t.co/YQXwIwzzaE pic.twitter.com/vWhwCSljUo
— The Week (@TheWeek) October 29, 2014
Both Dem and GOP Senate campaign chairmen sweat big home-state races. Very rare. http://t.co/ObjkJnvUrs
— carl hulse (@hillhulse) October 29, 2014
ACA was supposed to be *the* issue in 2014. @EKamarck explains what happened & why it matters for 2016: http://t.co/zfN3mYlald
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) October 29, 2014
Poll: Millennials bolt Obama for GOP in midterms http://t.co/NxBJvoJ3AU
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) October 29, 2014
Wait? What? The @BostonGlobe picks the GOP candidate for Massachusetts guv: http://t.co/1jZAEb7IQc
— U.S. News (@usnews) October 28, 2014
Should Chuck Todd Be ‘Disqualified’ for Saying the Midterm Elections Don’t Matter? http://t.co/h5kFxCXYKC #MTP
— The Nation (@thenation) October 26, 2014
Boehner seeks to run up score in midterms http://t.co/2nz3kEQYcT pic.twitter.com/RCzm4aLHQb
— The Hill (@thehill) October 29, 2014
Democrats distance themselves from Harry Reid ahead of midterms: http://t.co/iAu3kEXWm5 pic.twitter.com/UrCGiik3gO
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) October 29, 2014
Why gun control campaigners won’t mention gun control during the US midterms http://t.co/5O9y0cecyC
— Guardian World (@guardianworld) October 28, 2014
Midterms: Ultraconservative experiments are put to the test — http://t.co/PtvP9bMoPq pic.twitter.com/PwTyR4sm7t
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 27, 2014
There’s the America that votes in mid-terms and the one that votes in presidential years. They aren’t the same. http://t.co/iW8Ag5mcLJ
— Gerald F Seib (@GeraldFSeib) October 27, 2014
Five things to note about the midterm elections that speak to the greater battlefield of 2016: http://t.co/ZibpOmKPbU
— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) October 25, 2014