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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan Trump Use Immigration to Stop a Blue Wave?
https://politicalwire.com/2018/06/23/can-trump-use-immigration-to-stop-a-blue-wave/"SNIP.........
New Yorker: Trumps ability to gin up fears about illegal immigration, more than perhaps any other issue, won him the White House. Headed into a midterm election that will be won by the political party that can better rally its base, Trump has remained determined to talk about immigration, even when others in his party have resisted. Indeed, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill were furious with Trump as the immigration controversy spiraled out of control this weeka time they had planned to spend celebrating the G.O.P. tax cut, along with the general strength of the economy, which they hope to make the centerpiece of their fall campaign.
On Monday, as the political pressure on Trump was escalating, I met with Kristen Soltis Anderson, a Republican pollster who has advised G.O.P. leaders about this falls elections at a couple of recent retreats. Trump, she told me, had a freakishly stable approval rating; in such a polarized moment, people know where they stand on the President. She said that, unlike in previous midterm elections in which the incumbent Presidents party has done poorly, voter enthusiasm for Trump has remained strong among Republican voters, even as a blue wave of Trump-hating Democrats has been building.
Said Anderson: The question is, if the blue wave is coming, have Republicans built a large enough wall to stop it?
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Can Trump Use Immigration to Stop a Blue Wave? (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2018
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lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)1. Hope not.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)2. If this happens
we're all stupid and deserve what results.
NY_20th
(1,028 posts)3. It seems like this is his plan.
He wants to stir up bigotry, fear and hatred.
If it actually works, our Democracy is lost.
GOTV
GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)4. No. If anything, he is increasing its size.
I give you this:
75 Percent of Americans Say Immigration Is Good for Country, Poll Finds
The only ones buying into his fear-mongering are the 55% of his party who approve of what he's doing. Not to mention that his behavior has almost completely alienated the Hispanic community. Most likely, they're going to mobilize to vote against him.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)5. Nope, he drives the blue wave
BumRushDaShow
(130,122 posts)6. "voter enthusiasm for Trump has remained strong among Republican voters"
Who cares? What about Independents (many of whom voted for Trump)? And surely they don't think that somehow Democrats are interested in voting GOP - particularly the 63,000,000 who did not.
Horse race narrative.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)7. Yes