From "the most accurate predictor of the 2012 presidential election" -- Public Policy Polling (PPP) -- here are their predictions, to make the most of our 2014 efforts to Take Back the House.
I've included some value-added links, in case you might like to connect a name and a face, with those Republican Districts most likely to go by the wayside; at least according to this recent PPP Memo, that is:
October 6, 2013
TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Jim Williams, Public Policy Polling
RE: 24 new polls show GOP in grave danger of losing House in wake of government shutdown
If the 2014 elections were held today, Republicans would be in grave danger of losingcontrol of the House of Representatives, according to a series of 24 surveys conducted byPublic Policy Polling in Republican-held House districts over the past few days. The surveys challenge the conventional wisdom that gerrymandering has put the House out of reach for Democrats.
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The districts where a generic Democratic challenger leads prior to any information being provided about the shutdown are: CA-31, CO-06, FL-02, FL-10, FL-13, IA-03, IA-04, IL-13, KY-06, MI-01, MI-07, MI-11, NY-19, OH-14, PA-07, PA-08, WI-07
CA-31,
Miller, Gary
CO-06,
Coffman, Mike
FL-02,
Southerland, Steve
FL-10,
Webster, Daniel
FL-13,
Young, C.W. Bill
IA-03,
Latham, Tom
IA-04,
King, Steve
IL-13,
Davis, Rodney
KY-06,
Barr, Andy
MI-01,
Benishek, Dan
MI-07,
Walberg, Tim
MI-11,
Bentivolio, Kerry
NY-19,
Gibson, Chris
OH-14,
Joyce, David
PA-07,
Meehan, Pat
PA-08,
Fitzpatrick, Michael G.
WI-07,
Duffy, Sean P.
Here are a few more "kicker Districts" thrown in for good measure, by PPP:
The districts where a generic Democratic challenger leads after voters are told the Republican incumbent supported a shutdown are: CA-10, NY-11, NY-23, VA-02
CA-10,
Denham, Jeff
NY-11,
Grimm, Michael
NY-23,
Reed, Tom
VA-02,
Rigell, Scott
The districts where the incumbent Republican leads in both head-to-head ballot tests are: CA-21, NV-03, OH-06
CA-21,
Valadao, David
NV-03,
Heck, Joe
OH-06,
Johnson, Bill
Find Your Representative -- clickable map -- house.gov
Let's not let this "opportunity" pass us by.
If things are ever going to change -- we're going to have to give them a big push.