Yet even though Republicans control both houses of Congress and the White House, anti-establishment anger still animates their base. President Trump has proven to be a consistently unpopular president, with FiveThirtyEight putting his most recent approval rating at about 42.1 percent.
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On the question of voter enthusiasm, Democrats have the advantage.
These Trump supporters are more numerous than we might like to believe. She was met with a wave of cheers. Sherrod Brown, who faced no primary opposition in his bid for a third term. According to a study from FiveThirtyEight, 57 percent of reluctant Trump voters expressed no regrets about their choice.
Both Republicans and Democrats will likely spin the numbers of how many voters “crossed over” to their party when the secretary of state releases that information.
Colquitt County Probate Judge Wes Lewis, who serves as the county’s elections superintendent, said as of midday Thursday, some 458 people had cast early ballots. A sizable 34% – including almost half of independent voters (48%) – say it doesn’t matter which party controls Congress.
Those kinds of positions have gained some traction in the aftermath of 2016, but they still have a steep climb in the hidebound upper reaches of Democratic Party power. But Republicans increased their share by 267,370. “In 2016 the Republican runoff was a 2.17 percent turnout, and the Democratic was.21 percent”.
The largest number of Republicans is found in Jefferson County, the state’s most populous county. There were 1,295 ballots cast in the Democrat primary for governor; and 822 in the Republican primary.
In Philadelphia, there are several crowded Democratic primaries, including a four-way contest for Keller’s 184th District seat among retired Philadelphia Police Detective Nicholas DiDonato Jr., former WHYY reporter Elizabeth Fiedler, legislative aide Jonathan Rowan, and lawyer Tom Wyatt. “There are other issues as well, but that’s a damn good place to start and have a conversation”.
There is also a Democratic runoff election next week for the governor’s seat.
Half the seats in the 50-member Senate, as well as all 203 in the House, are up for grabs this year.
“In a state like Ohio, Democrats need a significantly more engaged electorate than they had in 2010 and 2014”, Kondik said.
“Obama was bad for the Democratic brand in states like this”, Cross said. Gray Davis and the election of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Trump, who helped the Republican National Committee raise a record $132 million a year ago, has told advisers he is eager to ramp up his campaign travel on behalf of Republicans. “Among Democrats, Donald Trump’s approval on how he handles North Korea has gone up 20 points in the last month”. Though 88 percent oppose California’s main sanctuary measure, Assemblyman Rocky Chávez of Oceanside, who is running for Congress and showed up toward the end of the convention, is one of the remaining 12 percent.
“I don’t think we win by subtraction, we win by addition”, he said.
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Advisers said the president was pleased that Republicans nominated Attorney General Pat Morrissey, considered a stronger challenger against Manchin.
