Rasmussen: Biggest Thing Helping the Democrats for the Mid Terms Is a Lot of the Republicans Are Retiring

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RASMUSSEN: "Biggest thing helping the Democrats right now, a lot of the Republicans like Trey Gowdy are retiring. 41 have given up their jobs. The reason that matters is that if you are incumbent you have more job security than a tenured college professor. When an incumbent gives up his seat, things happen. Some of them — Gowdy's seat will stay Republican, but when Frelinghuysen retired in the New Jersey in 2011, that created a toss-up in a race that would have leaned Republican. So, you have 15 competitive races where Republicans have retired. Democrats need 24 seats to gain control. The average midterm gain for a party out of power — 26."