Originally Posted by
dawg80
The 2022 Mid-terms...
Primaries are taking place across the country and in recent GOP races Trump's endorsed candidates are 1 and 1, lost in Texas, won in Ohio. MSNBC made a big deal of "Trump's loss" in Texas the other day, nothing so far on "his win" in Ohio. I placed those in quotes because are these congressional primaries really about Trump, or are they more to do with the individual candidates? These are GOP primaries, GOP vs. GOP candidates. All politics is local, they say. That said, I do think someone like Trump, a dynamic but polarizing personality, can have (will have) influence on some of the races, given all else being equal. In other words, in those districts were GOP voters are truly undecided and could support either (any) candidate, who Trump endorses could sway the vote, one way or the other. But in most of the races it will be the quality of the individual candidates themselves who will influence the results.
Of course the national lib media wants to make this about Trump...since they are terrified of him and his pro-American policies. They want (hope) to discredit him and end his influence on national politics. There are some (many?) on the right that want to see that happen too...those RINO Swampers.
Personally, I don't think Trump wields as much influence on voters as some believe. Now, candidates who also endorse America and Americans and effectively articulate many of the same positions as Trump does will attract "Trumpsters" but not because of Trump, but because those same voters support(ed) Trump for his policies, not because of him personally. That is a point the left has never understood, and still don't get it.