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As I’ve been saying, only Democrats and avid anti-Trumpers were interested in the 1-6 hearings. But the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago has riveted attention from all political stripes. Since then the midterms have been trending the democrat’s way. Trump has been front and centered, all cameras focused. The 1-6 hearings, the overturning of Roe by the SCOTUS, mass shootings, didn’t move the needle in how folks planned on voting this midterm. But the raid and Trump’s continued presents on the news 24/7 certainly is moving that needle. I think all we need to do is look at independents as democrats and republicans haven’t changed how they’ll vote or their views. Here the latest poll on indicting Trump.
Half of Americans in Poll Favor Trump Prosecution Over Documents
From the article: As details are released about the FBI’s recovery of material from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the poll found 50% of those surveyed say Trump should face criminal charges, while 41% do not.
Among Republicans, fewer than 10% say Trump should be charged. But 85% of Democrats and 52% of independent voters say he should, according to the survey of 1,584 US adults conducted between Aug. 25 and Aug. 29. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus-2.5 percentage points.
Independents were always the key to the upcoming midterms. But since the raid, independents had planned or stated they’d be voting for the Republican congressional candidates 45-35 over the Democrats. After the raid, Trump being on the news constantly, today, independents now favor Republican congressional candidates 42-39 over Democrats. That’s a big switch which accounts for the GOP lead in the generic congressional ballot dropping from 2.5 points prior to the raid to having the Democrats lead by 0.1 point today. Not 1-6 hearings, not abortion, not anything else. At least among independents. Trump may have even overtaken inflation, rising prices among independents as to the reason they’ll decide on who they’ll be voting for.
It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.
