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Trump may not be the electoral disaster Dems hoped for
Axios ^ | June 26, 2017 | Sam Baker

Posted on 06/26/2017 4:04:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Besides the fact that Republicans historically have been more reliable midterm voters, Democrats may have another problem in 2018: Trump isn't the disaster for his party that so many had assumed.

An L.A. Times front-pager by Cathleen Decker points to Dems' string of special-election losses this year:

"Trump is so distinctive a politician that it's hard to persuade voters that other Republican candidates are carbon copies of the president. Trump's outsized persona makes even those Republicans who share his views seem more moderate, an important attribute to swing voters."

Why it matters: "[V]oters' complicated views of Trump may give Republicans more running room than his popularity figures suggest. The votes cast by individual Republican incumbents [like healthcare in the Senate this week] may be more important to their survival than any linkage with the president."

P.S. Dan Balz "The Sunday Take" column on WashPost p A2, "After Ossoff's loss, do Democrats have a message?": "Right now, the one discernible message is opposition to President Trump. ... What's needed is a message that attracts voters beyond the blue-state base of the party."

"Fault lines and fissures exist between the ascendant progressive wing at the grass roots and those Democrats who remain more business-friendly. ... Trump might not succeed in draining the swamp, but he has tapped into sentiments about Washington that Democrats ignore at their peril."


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2018; 2018midterms; democrats; fearfuldems; republicans; trump; trump45

1 posted on 06/26/2017 4:04:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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If it wasn’t for judges and control of the news media the Dems wouldn’t even be a political party anymore


2 posted on 06/26/2017 4:10:25 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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Trump's outsized persona makes even those Republicans who share his views seem more moderate, an important attribute to swing voters

The next time some Republican tells us to be quiet, don't let the voters know how conservative you are, remember this!!!

3 posted on 06/26/2017 4:20:11 PM PDT by donna (For mockery is the fume of little hearts. - Lord Tennyson)
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"If it wasn’t for judges and control of the news media the Dems wouldn’t even be a political party anymore"

I thank you for saying what I've thought for 30+ years.

Imagine a truly conservative media.

A conservative version of 60 minutes.

SO much corruption and so many slimy rocks to kick over regarding democrats.

If the media actually did its job, the democratic party would have died in the late '60s.

Americans in general are NOT liberals.

And Americans DO love their country.

4 posted on 06/26/2017 4:22:27 PM PDT by boop (Liberals DON'T want what's best for America.)
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Or maybe Trump isn’t nearly as unpopular as the fake media polls make out. The ones that were completely wrong about the election.


5 posted on 06/26/2017 4:25:21 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump may not be the electoral disaster Dems hoped for

WTF? The man was just elected President, and despite their lecturing, hoping that his supporters would wake up and realize what they did, his supporters were already awake and did what they did with malice of forethought - and would do it again, and again, and again.

6 posted on 06/26/2017 4:52:08 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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7 posted on 06/26/2017 5:02:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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It occurred to me to ask for the nuclear option, and then I realized that Trump is the nuclear option. He’s like a neutron bomb. Anyone exposed just shrivels up and disappears.


8 posted on 06/26/2017 6:34:12 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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