Is this going to matter in the midterms? That’s a question I get more than any other. And, it’s one I get with increasing regularity. One day it’s tariffs. The next it’s the Supreme Court. Or family separation at the border. Now, of course, it’s Helsinki.
The instinct of many in political media is to ask how voters are responding to each of these individual topics. Quick, let’s see how voters feel about NATO, or NAFTA, or Russian interference in the election. But, polling on the ‘issue’ or ‘controversy’ du jour fails to appreciate the fact that voters are busy living their lives and unlike pundits and TV panelists, don’t process in live-time. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report