Leave it to a British media outfit to make a great point……
While the media pundits keep fronting the generic House stuff and Trump’s approval numbers?
It comes down to something else come election day for Democrats….
GETTING OUT THE VOTE….
Easy come, easy poll: on Monday, Gallup had Trump back down at 41%, as Americans learned more about his policy of separating migrant families at the US border. In fact, Trump’s approval rating during his first term has been “incredibly stable” within a band from about 36% to 43%, the polling analyst Harry Enten and others have pointed out.
Under normal circumstances, an overall approval rating much under 50% would spell doom for an incumbent president, ruling out re-election. And 90% in-party support is not unusual in recent presidential cycles.
“Don’t listen to the polls,” cautioned a 55-year-old army veteran and Clinton supporter from central Florida who tweets @politicalppatty and who did not want to give her name for fear of losing her Veterans Administration benefits.
Some voters find it hard to understand how Trump could maintain such strong support from Republicans. But while Trump is an unusual president, in terms of his political style and conduct, certain features of his presidency, such as his robust party support, are true to historical patterns, said Lynn Vavreck, a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“I think the problem is that people want to think that Trump should be different, and that he shouldn’t have the same approval rating as a ‘typical’ Republican president,” Vavreck said.
“But he is the president, he is a Republican, so it’s a little bit like the counter-question is: ‘Why would we expect him to look different?’ The answer to that is that he behaves differently. But that party label is still really important to people.”
In positive news for critics of the president, robust support from the Republican party might not be what it used to be, as the party shows signs of shrinkage. Democrats have built a seven-point advantage in registered voters, according to Gallup’s tracking poll, up from two in November 2016.
And Republicans are suffering high-profile defections, recently including Steve Schmidt, who ran the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign and worked in George W Bush’s White House. In his most recent Washington Post column, the renowned conservative commentator George Will urged fellow Republicans to vote Democratic in the midterm elections.
Here we go again…
This is sort of like saying that in order to win a baseball game you must score the most runs,to win a soccer match or a hockey game you must score the most goals,or to win a football or basketball game you must score the most points.
How many more times must the obvious be stated?
Another reason this site is getting old very quickly.
I agree Jack, and almost commented earlier, but actually had work to do.
I truly believe James thinks he is being funny when his advice, the same thing he types every election season, that the Democrats “need to get the vote out.” He has elicited an adverse reaction from me every time he has pulled out this old tired statement.
And, once again, I will ask.
How do you suggest they “get out the vote” James? What clever unique way would you suggest the Democratic Party turn out voters in a midterm election?
He never seems to have an answer for that one. u
What did you guys do back in the Ward days to turn out the vote?
Ok you guys
I am going CONTIUNE to point out the obvious in hopes, like others , that Democrats get up and come out and vote..
Not just sit at home and bitch about Trump and the Republicans….
I’m gonna keep pointing out how the party I belong to worries about being ‘nice and proper’ while Republicans take no prisoners
Jack?
Keith gets props because he’s out their in the trenches
I do my part here everyday
What trenches? He’s jogging.
U KNOW what I mean CG….
Democrats often conduct fairly massive GOTV efforts.
You have no idea what you’re talkng about.
And this repetitive pointing out the obvious is old and boring.
Those GOTV programs have not worked well for Democrats in recent midterms
In the primaries thus far, it’s a fairly mixed bag. There is no obvious advantage for Democrats over Republicans as there was for Republicans over Democrats in primaries four and eight years ago.
Democrats just might not be that much into midterms. There could be a lot of factors for that. One somewhat small one may be that it’s hard to motivate stoners and potheads.