[Politico] Democrats have attacked the president every which way, but polling and focus groups show none of it's working.
There's a reason for that...
Democrats tried attacking Donald Trump as unfit for the presidency. They’ve made the case that he’s ineffective, pointing to his failure to sign a single major piece of legislation into law after eight months in the job. They’ve argued that Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself and that his campaign was in cahoots with Russia.
None of it is working.
Data from a range of focus groups and internal polls in swing states paint a difficult picture for the Democratic Party heading into the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election. It suggests that Democrats are naive if they believe Trump’s historically low approval numbers mean a landslide is coming. The party is defending 10 Senate seats in states that Trump won and needs to flip 24 House seats to take control of that chamber.
The only other 'Teflon' politician I can recall is Reagan. What this article demonstrates is the inherent bias of the national media, trying their level best to destroy a Republican president, and not getting the backing of large swaths of the voting public who know better than to fall for it. That, above anything else, is Trump's major contribution to U.S. politics. |