Leading polls have Democrats favored in the race for House control – but now is not the time to celebrate. The polls are still changing, and anything can happen. We don’t want to wake up the day after Election Day with any regrets, so we have to ask:
We’re not going to lie, John. When we saw Democrats started to pull ahead in the generic polls for the House, we were thrilled.
When Roe v. Wade was overturned this summer, doctors warned that restrictive abortion bans would lead to rape victims being forced to carry the child of their rapist, or seek help out of state. Now, it’s happening right here in Ohio.
But this New York Times headline brought us back down to Earth:
If there is anything we learned from 2020, and frankly from 2016, it’s that anything can happen on Election Day. And though polls may show us with a lead now, there are still 32 days until Election Day and 32 days to convince voters that we need to keep Congress blue.
We don’t have to tell you how dangerous a GOP majority would be, John. If Republicans had it their way, everything from voting rights to abortion rights to even healthcare access would be on the chopping block. There’s too much at stake for us to pretend that the polls are 100% right and that our majority is not still at stake.
Republicans only have to flip 5 seats in order to take back the House – and the GOP has their sights set on using Ohio as a stepping stone to reach their goal. It’s imperative we protect our Democratic seats to keep the GOP’s radical agenda far from Ohio and far from Congress.
As a Cuyahoga County Council member and Chairwoman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, Shontel Brown has spent the last decade serving the people of Ohio and building coalitions. Now, as the Congresswoman for Ohio’s 11th District, she will fight for affordable quality health care, jobs that pay fair wages, a strong public education system, and equity and justice for all. Will you join her and be the change we need?
