He’s Been Forecasting for 42 Years. He Predicts a Crushing GOP Defeat.

Iconic forecaster predicts Republicans feeling 'screwed' to be Trump's undoing at midterms

Charlie Cook has been forecasting elections since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election campaign, and the veteran forecaster predicted in a new interview that Republicans are headed for a crushing defeat in Tuesday’s midterms.The founder of the Cook Political Report spoke to The New Republic's Greg Sargent, who asked him to describe what’s coming for the GOP as Americans head to the polls halfway through President Donald Trump's second term."How abou…

Trump’s toxic ratings set up GOP for historic 'beating': top elections guru

A veteran of Washington’s election-forecasting scene says Donald Trump’s Republican Party is in for a “hell of a beating” in the midterms as voters head to the polls. Charlie Cook has been calling the races since Reagan was reelected in 1984, and he told The New Republic’s Greg Sargent that he has never seen an election quite like this in 42 years, and he put his prediction bluntly, foreseeing a Trump-GOP “a—— whupping.”The founder of the Cook P…

He’s Been Forecasting for 42 Years. He Predicts a Crushing GOP Defeat.

In an interview, Charlie Cook, who’s been doing political prognostication since 1984, says he’s never seen anything quite like this election. And he expects a Trump-GOP “ass-whupping.”