100 days out, Trump proves a destabilizing force over midterms

[Judi Lynn]

By JOHN VERHOVEK
Jul 29, 2018, 4:51 AM ET

Just over three months from the first major election since his inauguration, President Donald Trump has proven to be a destabilizing and unpredictable force on the 2018 midterm landscape.

Trump’s unfiltered rhetoric on social media and the campaign trail, his penchant for controversial decisions on immigration and foreign policy, and the constant churn of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election has caused constant headaches for Republican candidates, and fodder for their Democratic challengers.

This has resulted in an uptick in Democratic primary turnout and potential electoral gains big enough to fuel the party's hopes of potentially retaking the U.S. House in November.

"The biggest single effect Trump has had on the 2018 elections is to energize Democrats as well as other anti-Trump voters," Larry Sabato, the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, told ABC News. "Usually, the Democratic coalition, especially minorities and young people, fail to show up in midterm elections at the same rate as whites and older voters, the core of the GOP base. Yet IF current trends hold, Democrats are poised to outvote Republicans in November because they are determined to register their disapproval of Trump and the GOP."

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[duforsure]

1. Putin has him in his pocket

So again he'll play both sides claiming if they lose a lot its only because it was rigged, which again is what putin and trumps desperately trying to do again for them and the republcans, but accusing his opposition of their crimes. Just listen to his accusations and you then know what he's up to .

[kimbutgar]

2. I wish I could draw a cqrtoon

Showing Putin in a fighter plane with Twitler in the back shooting at another plane with with Uncle Sam and US elections written on the side.

To me this election has me so worried it will be hacked again by Putin with Twitler being ok with it.

[BigmanPigman]

3. He is going to cause so much CHAOS in every imaginable way

up to the midterms. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts a war as a form of distraction. He has more love for his bucket of chicken than he has for this country. He IS the UN AMERICAN president. Triator!

[lagomorph777]

4. Trump loves America exactly the same way he loves a bucket of chicken - or bucket of children