Republicans facing 'historic losses' in midterms, devastating polls show
Republicans could be facing “historic losses” in the upcoming Midterms a top strategist has warned as polling paints a bleak picture for Trump's party in key battleground Senate races.
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According to the latest RealClearPolitics polling, the GOP are down 8 points in North Carolina, 7.5 points in Georgia, 2.6 points in Ohio, 2.3 points in Maine, 1.9 points in Texas, and 2 points in Alaska and New Hampshire in the looming Senate races there.
Some Republican lawmakers facing reelection are making small moves to distance themselves from Trump over fears his unpopularity will negatively impact their chances. Historically, the president's party has always lost House seats in the Midterms but the Senate polling has GOP operatives especially worried.
“It points out the obvious that Republicans are in pretty bad shape going into the midterms and that they’re looking at historic losses,” GOP strategist Terry Holt told The New York Post.
“The question is whether some of these races can be saved with some miraculous turnout that apparently is going to be very expensive or whether or not the mood in this country can be changed fundamentally,” he added.
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Just 33% of adults approve of Trump’s job performance, according to Associated Press-NORC polling from July. And Trump gets relatively poor ratings on his handling of the economy, immigration and foreign policy, especially as the Iran-US war drags on despite repeated claims from Trump that Iran was defeated.
A number of Republicans have removed or downplayed references to Trump from their websites after winning their primaries.
Eric Flores, a former assistant U.S. Attorney and Texas Army National Guard infantry captain running against Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. in South Texas, once featured “SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S AGENDA” as No. 2 in his list of priorities on his campaign homepage.
That item has now been replaced with “LOWER THE COST OF LIVING,” a top issue for voters. Trump does not appear anywhere else on the website, aside from a list of endorsements that previously appeared on the homepage but has been moved to a separate page.
Texas Republican congressional candidate Carlos De La Cruz’s website used to align him with President Donald Trump with the words "TRUMP CONSERVATIVE," emblazoned across his campaign page. It now reads: "PROVEN CONSERVATIVE"
Despite this, he still calls himself a “TEXAS TRUMP CONSERVATIVE” on his bio page and lists “Supporting President Trump’s America First Agenda” as among his priorities on a “Mission” page.
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But the bio section has also been tweaked. It once described him as “ready to be President Trump’s wingman in Congress.” That section now says he is running because he “believes America needs more servant leaders and fewer corrupt politicians” and “because he’s not finished serving the country he loves.”
Trump's endorsements still carry significant weight among the Republican, MAGA-aligned base. But how this translates on election day when Trump himself isn't on the ballot is yet to be seen.
