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Are tariffs dragging down Republicans in key swing states?
In the tight race that’s unfolding for control of the U.S. Senate next year, Democrats received double-barreled good news this week from the bordering swing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
There, Democratic candidates opened up healthy, double-digit leads. Meanwhile, Democratic candidates in the Rust Belt states of Michigan and Wisconsin look increasingly safe for November elections.
Trump won all four of those Rust Belt states in 2016, and the GOP was looking to them again to deliver knockout blows in 2018.
But the landscape there appears to have changed drastically in the last year and a half.
“Democratic incumbents look increasingly safe in four Rust Belt states President Trump carried in 2016 — Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,” Politico reports, noting that the map of competitive Senate races has shrunk in recent weeks as more and more Democratic seats appear to be safe.
Democrats have to defend far more Senate seats this cycle than do Republicans, which is why one year ago it was assumed Democrats would suffer net losses.
But with the blue wave rising, Republicans are suddenly nervous about the state of the Senate.
Not only has Trump’s approval rating dropped significantly since 2017 in Ohio (-18), Michigan (-17), Pennsylvania (-14) and Wisconsin (-18).
GOP losing in Rust Belt states as Trump’s trade war rages
In the tight race that’s unfolding for control of the U.S. Senate next year, Democrats received double-barreled good news this week from the bordering swing states of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
There, Democratic candidates opened up healthy, double-digit leads. Meanwhile, Democratic candidates in the Rust Belt states of Michigan and Wisconsin look increasingly safe for November elections.
Trump won all four of those Rust Belt states in 2016, and the GOP was looking to them again to deliver knockout blows in 2018.
But the landscape there appears to have changed drastically in the last year and a half.
“Democratic incumbents look increasingly safe in four Rust Belt states President Trump carried in 2016 — Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,” Politico reports, noting that the map of competitive Senate races has shrunk in recent weeks as more and more Democratic seats appear to be safe.
Democrats have to defend far more Senate seats this cycle than do Republicans, which is why one year ago it was assumed Democrats would suffer net losses.
But with the blue wave rising, Republicans are suddenly nervous about the state of the Senate.
Not only has Trump’s approval rating dropped significantly since 2017 in Ohio (-18), Michigan (-17), Pennsylvania (-14) and Wisconsin (-18).
GOP losing in Rust Belt states as Trump’s trade war rages