A pollster says President Donald Trump's dominance over the Republican Party is about to blow up in his face — and he's looking forward to it.
Adam Carlson, founding partner of Zenith Research, referenced an Atlantic report from Jonathan Lemire highlighting how fear that Democrats will win is driving the president's decision-making ahead of the midterm elections.
"This is what happens when your team’s afraid to show you unpleasant polling & you think you’re an electoral god
Every swing state/district R will try to be trying to talk about local/state issues & Trump will make it easier for Ds to nationalize their race," Carlson posted on X in response to the Atlantic story.
"Looking forward to it."
He also referenced the New Jersey governor's race as an example of this strategy backfiring, with Democratic candidate Representative Mikie Sherrill polling 10 points ahead of Republican choice Jack Ciattarelli.
"If you want a preview of that, just take a look at the dynamics of the 2025 New Jersey governor’s race," Carlson wrote.
Trump is facing growing pushback and the realization that Democrats are likely to win back control of at least one chamber of Congress next year, and could use that power to impeach him once again.
Trump is the first president to ever be impeached twice. Both times, he was acquitted in the Senate, but at least some Republicans crossed the aisle to condemn him.
He's called on Texas and Missouri MAGA lawmakers, pressuring them to gerrymander Democrats out of their seats and give him a Republican majority.
"The overall goal of Trump’s various presidential power plays, aides told me, is to nationalize the midterms and make them about him. Trump has long believed that he is his party’s best messenger, and he mused recently about holding a national political convention in 2026, an unusual move for a nonpresidential year," Lemire writes.
