Identify the emotional tone present in the given statement: 'If we're able to continue picking off the most corporately-funded candidates, reps will naturally move left and we won't be faced with the ever-rightward creep.'.
The sentence expresses: 'optimism'.
optimism
If we're able to continue picking off the most corporately-funded candidates, reps will naturally move left and we won't be faced with the ever-rightward creep.