Senate: Trump Has Become Republicans’ 2018 Nightmare

When the party in power loses Senate (and/or House) seats in a mid-term election, it is generally because the President isn’t very popular. More accurately – barring a scandal or an economic downturn – it’s because that President has put forth, and Congress has approved, a policy that proves unpopular. …

Some would argue that losing seats in a mid-term election is simply the price a party pays for acting on its policy priorities.

Then there is Donald Trump, who in just over seven months has added a whole new dimension to the body of evidence about why the party in power loses seats in a mid-term election. Instead of helping his party hang on to Senate seats, he appears to be doing all he can to help Republicans lose them. CONT.

Jennifer E. Duffy, Cook Political Report