E.J. Dionne: Why Democrats will do well on Election Day

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People cast their votes in the morning for the midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2018 at the Riverton Senior Center.Washington - I have often said when asked for predictions this year that I turned in my Prognosticator’s Union membership card at 11:45 p.m. on Election Night 2016.

Those who don't like the labor movement (for which I have a long-standing fondness) shouldn't worry: There is no prognosticator's union. The idea was that all pundits should display a degree of humility after President Trump's victory, which few of us expected.

But as a friend of mine once observed, you can't chase the bookie from the track. So I am taking back my old…