A new internal poll for the Republican National Committee obtained by Bloomberg Businessweek shows that about half of Republicans, and 57 percent of Trump supporters, don't believe Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives. The RNC is worried this complacency will lead GOP voters to stay home, per the report, and subsequently hand the House to the Democrats. The Democrats' odds of winning at least 23 additional seats in the November midterms and thus retaking the House have been steadily climbing in recent months, with FiveThirtyEight putting the chances at about 81 percent. GOP strategists told Axios in August that they feared that Trump's prediction of a "red wave" might actually suppress turnout.

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