If Trump wins, he will need a Congress with common sense

Former President Donald Trump’s way backmost to nan White House grows much plausible by nan day. That’s nan indication, astatine least, from caller polling information that suggests his title against Vice President Kamala Harris is tightening and that he has nan separator pinch a 2% nationalist lead successful nan astir caller Fox News poll.  

Starting aft her coronation arsenic Democratic nominee, Harris has enjoyed a boost acknowledgment to nan "good vibes" a mostly friends media made judge to formed astir her. But arsenic Election Day nears, moreover her media friends can’t shield her from nan reality of nationalist disillusionment pinch years of grounded Democrat policies. 

The Fox canvass shows that America remains intimately divided. Trump holds nan lead nationally, while Harris maintains a constrictive swing-state lead. The pollsters moreover delved into section data, looking astatine "swing counties" and uncovering that nan candidates are tied 49-49 successful those areas. This intends that Trump will request each azygous Republican ballot imaginable to win, on pinch tons of independents and moreover immoderate disaffected Democrats. 

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What’s bolstering Trump correct now is simply a clear lead connected nan issues astir important to American voters. Fox’s polling confirmed that nan system is acold and distant nan rumor that astir voters opportunity is driving their determination this year. Seventy percent of Americans said they felt negatively astir nan existent authorities of nan economy. When was nan past clip 70% of Americans agreed connected anything? 

Trump will request thief successful Congress if he wants to walk his agenda. FILE: Members talk connected nan level of nan House Chamber connected nan opening time of nan 118th Congress connected Tuesday, January 3, 2023, astatine nan U.S. Capitol successful Washington DC.  (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump hit Harris 53-45 among voters erstwhile asked who they astir placed their spot successful to grip nan economy. Among nan 2nd astir concerning rumor for voters, immigration, Trump hit Harris by an moreover bigger separator of 57-42. 

The results are clear: Trump is winning connected nan winning issues. If this inclination holds, and he takes backmost nan White House, he’ll person nan chance to reward voters’ spot by tackling these reliable problems correct away. Voters will want to spot him travel done connected his plans to ace down connected forbidden separator crossers and those who maltreatment our migration system. They’ll want to spot him enact his plans to conflict ostentation by bolstering American manufacturing, imposing tariffs connected overseas goods, and ending taxes connected tips (an thought truthful popular, Harris blatantly stole it).  

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Even Trump’s caller sojourn to a McDonald’s, wherever he worked astatine nan drive-through, shows he intuitively understands this. Rising accelerated nutrient prices person aggravated Americans during nan Biden years. Trump making nan determination to show up and crushed zero for voters’ ostentation concerns shows he is taking nan rumor seriously. 

But Trump won’t beryllium capable to hole it alone. He’ll request a Republican Congress that’s likewise committed to uncovering commonsense solutions to nan issues that are important to specified a immense swath of voters. Both nan Senate and House majorities bent successful nan equilibrium this November arsenic well, and Republicans are wise to statement up support successful down-ballot races, particularly successful suburban plaything districts that are bellwethers of nan nationalist mood. 

One point is certain: to clasp nan House and perchance return nan Senate successful bid to make nan Trump schedule into a reality, Republicans will request to trust connected swing-district members who often spot pragmatism complete politics. The Republicans who triumph successful heavy bluish states – particularly those whose ain districts were won by Harris astatine nan statesmanlike level – are immoderate of nan astir in-tune pinch our intimately divided electorate. They cognize that their voters for illustration Republican solutions, but their spot will person to beryllium earned.  

Take, for example, Rep. Lori Chavez-Deremer of Oregon’s 5th District who is facing a reliable challenger, but campaigning wisely by focusing connected nan economy, alternatively than wedge issues. Rep. Marc Molinaro, who flipped a territory successful bluish New York, has quickly emerged arsenic a cardinal sound for sanity successful soul House dynamics, specified arsenic nan periodic spending fights that frighten to upend nan Republican mostly owed to far-right theatrics.  

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Trump precocious traveled to deep-blue California to run for Rep. Ken Calvert, whose territory Trump narrowly won successful 2020. Calvert, a seasoned lawmaker pinch a grounds of bipartisan achievements, who is starring among Latino voters successful his territory successful a motion of nan progressively divers Republican coalition, declared astatine a rally that "Donald Trump is going to supply economical opportunities for American families crossed this awesome nation." If he has a commonsense Congress pinch a Republican mostly to backmost him, he has nan chance to make awesome improvements to wallets and pocketbooks crossed this country. 

The profoundly divided Americans that lent their voices to Fox’s caller canvass will not beryllium impressed aliases satisfied by a Republican Congress that keeps falling into nan trap of appeasing alleged "conservative" extremists. They show they’re consenting to spot Donald Trump connected nan Main Street issues that matter astir to them. Trump is moving difficult to triumph nan White House and present for them, but Republicans will request to activity nary little difficult to elite a commonsense Congress that tin support nan Trump agenda. 

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