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No one is predicting that the Democrats will get the 30 pickups they need to take back the House majority.

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Mara Liasson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 13
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If [Donald] Trump wins narrowly, Democrats can blame the loss on FBI director James Comey, who inserted himself late in the campaign in an unprecedented way.
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You have [Donald] Trump and [Ted] Cruz battling it out, and the moderate establishment candidates like Chris Christie or Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich - they have formed a circular firing squad.
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The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier.
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As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican Party - in its current form - to win.
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If [Hillary] Clinton can't boost African-American turnout, even with all that help, the question becomes whether she can make up for it with historic levels of support from Hispanics and suburban women.
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This year [2016], however, polls show [Hillary] Clinton winning white college-educated voters by double digits.
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