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

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

Starting aft her coronation arsenic Democratic nominee, Harris has enjoyed a boost acknowledgment to the "good vibes" a mostly affable media made definite to formed astir her. But arsenic Election Day nears, adjacent her media allies can’t shield her from the world of nationalist disillusionment with years of failed Democrat policies. 

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

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What’s bolstering Trump close present is simply a wide pb connected the issues astir important to American voters. Fox’s polling confirmed that the system is acold and distant the contented that astir voters accidental is driving their determination this year. Seventy percent of Americans said they felt negatively astir the existent authorities of the economy. When was the past clip 70% of Americans agreed connected anything? 

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

Trump bushed Harris 53-45 among voters erstwhile asked who they astir placed their spot successful to grip the economy. Among the 2nd astir concerning contented for voters, immigration, Trump bushed Harris by an adjacent bigger borderline of 57-42. 

The results are clear: Trump is winning connected the winning issues. If this inclination holds, and helium takes backmost the White House, he’ll person the accidental to reward voters’ spot by tackling these pugnacious problems close away. Voters volition privation to spot him travel done connected his plans to ace down connected amerciable borderline crossers and those who maltreatment our migration system. They’ll privation to spot him enact his plans to combat 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 helium worked astatine the drive-through, shows helium intuitively understands this. Rising accelerated nutrient prices person aggravated Americans during the Biden years. Trump making the determination to amusement up and crushed zero for voters’ ostentation concerns shows helium is taking the contented 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 the issues that are important to specified a immense swath of voters. Both the Senate and House majorities bent successful the equilibrium this November arsenic well, and Republicans are omniscient to enactment up enactment successful down-ballot races, particularly successful suburban plaything districts that are bellwethers of the nationalist mood. 

One happening is certain: to clasp the House and perchance instrumentality the Senate successful bid to marque the Trump docket into a reality, Republicans volition request to trust connected swing-district members who often spot pragmatism implicit politics. The Republicans who triumph successful heavy bluish states – particularly those whose ain districts were won by Harris astatine the statesmanlike level – are immoderate of the astir in-tune with our intimately divided electorate. They cognize that their voters similar Republican solutions, but their spot volition person to beryllium earned.  

Take, for example, Rep. Lori Chavez-Deremer of Oregon’s 5th District who is facing a pugnacious challenger, but campaigning wisely by focusing connected the economy, alternatively than wedge issues. Rep. Marc Molinaro, who flipped a territory successful bluish New York, has rapidly emerged arsenic a cardinal dependable for sanity successful interior House dynamics, specified arsenic the periodic spending fights that endanger to upend the Republican bulk 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 with a grounds of bipartisan achievements, who is starring among Latino voters successful his territory successful a motion of the progressively divers Republican coalition, declared astatine a rally that "Donald Trump is going to supply economical opportunities for American families crossed this large nation." If helium has a commonsense Congress with a Republican bulk to backmost him, helium has the accidental to marque large improvements to wallets and pocketbooks crossed this country. 

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

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