Democrats are in fear as midterms approach

Fox News' Power Rankings and other forecasters predict a possible increased margin of victory for Republicans. Democrats across the country are facing an increasingly bleak outlook as election forecasters continue to shift more races in Republicans' favor with less than two weeks to go before Election Day. The shifts have taken place in a number of races once thought out of reach for Republicans. But, as voters' concerns over inflation, the economy, violent crime and the border crisis continue to rise, Democrats are beginning to see hopes of maintaining majorities in both houses of Congress, and some governorships, slip through their fingers. Fox News' Power Rankings made changes to five key races, all centered in the Northeastern U.S., a region that's been trending more Democratic in recent years. The changes included, notably, the New York gubernatorial contest between incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin, which shifted from "solid Democratic" to "likely Democratic," and the race in the state's 17th Congressional District between Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and Republican Mike Lawler, which shifted from "lean Democratic" to a toss-up.