Joe Fan
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Here is something on Trump and the next midterm elections
Trump is stronger than national polls suggest
"President Trump is still popular in core Republican strongholds, even though he has suffered a dip in the national public opinion polls.
............ Trump's image and his policies are holding up just fine among voters in Republican districts and states key to the president's ability to drive his agenda through Congress, and his party's success in 2018
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While his national numbers aren't good, Trump is much stronger in the states that could decide the outcome of the midterm elections, according to Republican operatives who have reviewed polling produced since New Year's Day. For now, that suggests Democrats are less likely to benefit from the president's struggles nationally than has been the case in past election cycles.
ike Trump's loss of the national popular vote, Republican operatives say the president's high disapproval numbers are being driven by dissatisfaction with his leadership in progressive, high-population metro centers, like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.
The midterm elections, however, are going to be fought on Senate battlegrounds that include red states like Missouri and West Virginia and swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — all won by Trump.
Missouri is a perfect example. Trump won the state handily in November and lifted Republicans down ticket. And yet, it's there that vulnerable senators like Claire McCaskill, a Democrat running in a red state, need to find a way to win if Democrats are to have a shot at putting a check on the president in the midterm......"
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/t...-suggest/article/2614092#.WJnvESmlP6Q.twitter
Trump is stronger than national polls suggest
"President Trump is still popular in core Republican strongholds, even though he has suffered a dip in the national public opinion polls.
............ Trump's image and his policies are holding up just fine among voters in Republican districts and states key to the president's ability to drive his agenda through Congress, and his party's success in 2018
* * * *
While his national numbers aren't good, Trump is much stronger in the states that could decide the outcome of the midterm elections, according to Republican operatives who have reviewed polling produced since New Year's Day. For now, that suggests Democrats are less likely to benefit from the president's struggles nationally than has been the case in past election cycles.
ike Trump's loss of the national popular vote, Republican operatives say the president's high disapproval numbers are being driven by dissatisfaction with his leadership in progressive, high-population metro centers, like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.
The midterm elections, however, are going to be fought on Senate battlegrounds that include red states like Missouri and West Virginia and swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — all won by Trump.
Missouri is a perfect example. Trump won the state handily in November and lifted Republicans down ticket. And yet, it's there that vulnerable senators like Claire McCaskill, a Democrat running in a red state, need to find a way to win if Democrats are to have a shot at putting a check on the president in the midterm......"
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/t...-suggest/article/2614092#.WJnvESmlP6Q.twitter
