Another looming iceberg for the GOP: Trump's unpopularity in states with a lot of House seats
Another looming iceberg for the GOP: Trump's unpopularity in states with a lot of House seats
By Philip Bump -- The Washington Post
There are two reasons that 2018 is shaping up to be a rough year for the Republican Party. The first is that generic balloting — asking people which party for which they plan to vote to represent them in the House — has consistently showed a wide advantage for Democrats. (The margin is an eight-point lead on average for Democrats — down from a month ago but still wide.) The other reason is that President Trump is awfully unpopular and, while the correlation isn’t super tight, a less-popular president’s party generally winds up with a lower percentage of the national House vote.
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By Philip Bump -- The Washington Post
There are two reasons that 2018 is shaping up to be a rough year for the Republican Party. The first is that generic balloting — asking people which party for which they plan to vote to represent them in the House — has consistently showed a wide advantage for Democrats. (The margin is an eight-point lead on average for Democrats — down from a month ago but still wide.) The other reason is that President Trump is awfully unpopular and, while the correlation isn’t super tight, a less-popular president’s party generally winds up with a lower percentage of the national House vote.
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