Basically, will Trump voters be motivated to go to the polls even though Trump himself is not on the ballot and if so, will they be able to overcome the Democrat turnout which is motivated by hate - a very strong hate for our president that we underestimate at our peril.
Many Trump voters are not Republicans overall and while they will be out in force for 2020, we need them also in 2018. They need to realize that if the House is handed over to Nancy Pelosi, that Trump almost absolutely WILL get impeached (they will think of a reason later). So we need to hold our noses on some of these RINOS and either keep them in or get them in (to replace a Democrat).
One narrative being trumped up lately is the fact that Trump is rapidly increasing his black and hispanic support. This is a good thing. However, it helps him in 2020, not in 2018. I don't think a lot of those blacks or hispanics are going to vote the straight Republican ticket - even if they do vote.
In my state of Connecticut, there are your typical RINO Republicans running against the hard-core socialist Democrats. I'm not motivated to vote for those RINOs. However, I am motivated to support Trump and I will gladly cast my vote for those RINOs in November in the hope that we are able to flip the governor's seat and congressional district 5 (both have pretty decent chances) as flipping those seats will absolutely help Trump.
I hope that mindset prevails throughout the nation this November.
I feel good about our chances to not only keep the House but to actually gain seats (we are pretty much guaranteed to keep the Senate at this point). We just need to show up and vote (and ignore the noise from the MSM).
Massachusetts may have a bit of a mix with Governor Baker running for reelection with most likely Geoff Diehl facing Senator Warren. This will most likely motivate all types of GOP voters. The most recent slander of the police by Senator Warren will galvanize opposition to her with many police organizations quietly trying to defeat her.
Trump's putting himself on the ballot by choosing a candidate. Trump chose DeSantis over Putnam in Florida and DeSantis pulled ahead...
Well said. I think you succinctly nailed it.
I think it would be helpful for Trump to campaign 5-6 days a week in October as he said he would. I also support a massive media blitz with him appealing to All Republicans and Independents to get out and defeat the socialist Democrat candidates.