Pollster Nate Silver says the writing is already on the wall as Americans head to the polls for midterm elections.

For the Republican Party, it’s all over but the crying. At least that’s what Silver argued on Monday’s episode of the Still Counting podcast. Speaking to co-hosts Galen Drake and Clare Malone, he said the numbers just aren’t there for the GOP to have a “good night.”

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“For Republicans to have a good night, like something we don’t recognize in the known universe would have to happen, and again they could have a pretty bad night and maybe hold the Senate,” he said, when asked for his final thoughts on the midterms.

“Less likely but within the boundary of sanity, right? But like what’s a single good indicator for Republicans apart from the fact that their people seem to answer polls less often? That’s not even a good indicator,” Silver added. “It also can mean very low voter enthusiasm. I thought it was interesting that The Washington Post found this big voter enthusiasm gap and who’s responding to its polls in Kansas, where the hard data on early voting also shows the biggest gap.”

“I just wonder if the Trump voters — we’ll see on Tuesday, right? — the Trump voters show up and we have a competitive Senate race leaning down slightly, right? Republicans don’t show up, and you have a f**king epic landslide. And flippers are kind of stuck halfway between those, I guess,” he concluded.

As BizPac Review previously reported, President Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be sweating the results regardless of which party wins big Tuesday night.

Sitting down with Miranda Devine’s Pod Force One, Trump revealed the strategy he would adopt if his political opponents were to regain power in the House and/or Senate. He says he will simply flex his veto muscles.

“Well, if [Democrats are elected,] I’ll become Mr. Veto,” he admitted. “And then at some point we’ll probably make deals; that’s what’s happened. This wouldn’t be the first time. You’ll have a president, and you won’t have the House or the Senate; they’ll be sending stuff up, you veto it, and eventually, after a month or two of getting all vetoed, they’re just wasting [time], they come over, and you make a deal. I think that would probably happen, but hopefully we don’t have to worry about that.”

Trump reveals his backup plan if Democrats sweep midterms — and it’s just one word: VETO https://t.co/MMU0uXYhMZ via @BIZPACReview

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