this journey continues. thank you both. coming up, we will show you how midterm flips don t predict white house flips. we ve got who else but mr. kornacki joining us from his big board next. you re watching a special meet the midterms edition of meet the press daily. a special mee the midterms edition of meet the press daily. throughout history i ve observed markets shaped by the intentional and unforeseeable. for investors who can navigate this landscape,
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wave. i think you re going to see a big, big victory for republicans in the midterms. at stake, not just the biden presidency democrats argue, but democracy itself. will the voters agree? i will allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy. we are the united states of america. it s time to meet the midterms. this is your one-hour primer. it s a big week, one-year anniversary of the inauguration, as you know, unofficial start of this campaign year. welcome to tuesday, i m chuck todd. as we kick off nbc s news s coverage of the midterm election season with this special edition of meet the press daily that we re calling meet the midterms. these midterms are shaping up to be one of the more impactful election cycles we have had this century. the house and senate both on the line, lots of governor s races which all could play a big part
trying to make a joke quoting now. the question is is this dark on its way to light? i want to show you something that we re unveiling here, we re calling it the meet the midterms dashboard. it s going to tell you what shape, where are we headed for the party in power. we have four columns here, shellacking as you can see previous midterms, 2010, 2014, 94, 06 all midterms where one party, the party out of power, picked up seats in both chambers. 18 just missed being a shellacking because republicans while they lost house seats picked up a senate seat and then 98 and 02 were places where the party in power actually picked up seats. i m going to show you how we determine this and how you can follow national poll numbers. basically there are three poll numbers you can follow nationally that will tell you the likely shape of these midterm elections, direction of country, right track, wrong track, the presidential job rating and the generic ballot. let me show you what these