Susan Wright Failed in Texas have be doubted the power of Donald TrumpHis support-an ominous sign for others he supported after his presidency.
Wright, the widow of the late Rep. Ron Wright, was defeated by Republican competitor Jack Elzer in the congressional special election final-despite Trump supporting Wright in advance and recording a robot call to push her closer to the election day.
The early failures of Trump-backed candidates sound pessimistic to the others he supports in the upcoming game.The next one to be elected is Glenn Jankin, Candidate for governor of the Republican Party of Virginia.
Youngkin is competing with Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2014 to 2018 and was supported by the president Joe Biden-The current Governor Ralph Northam (Ralph Northam) is also a Democrat and cannot run for the election due to term restrictions.
Opinion polls put McAuliffe ahead in the game, but only led by a small single-digit percentage point.
Although Trump is still the dominant political voice and maintains influence in the Republican Party, he is still a divisive figure within and outside the Republican Party.
The so-called Republican civil war continues, even though it is a war in Trump’s favor. More broadly, Trump’s opponents continue to fiercely oppose the former president and those who remain loyal to him.
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Trump’s support may help Youngkin win a large number of Republican voters, but it also has the obvious ability to alienate others, including anti-Trump conservatives and key independent voters who tend to be more moderate.
“Where Youngkin needs votes, Trump is very unpopular,” said Chris Saxman, a former Republican state senator who writes a Virginia political blog. CNN After Trump praised Youngkin, in July.
Sachsman added: “The base will like it. Glenn needs to get them excited because this is a base election, but the downside for him is that it may be more helpful to McAuliffe’s base.”
It seems that McAuliffe has not forgotten the potential toxicity of Trump. McAuliffe told CNN that he welcomes the participation of the former president.
“I am willing to pay for the fuel for Donald Trump to come here,” he said after winning the Democratic primary in June. “Of course, I will refuel the plane.”
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Trump first detailed his support for Youngkin in May: “Glenn supports business, supports the Second Amendment, supports veterans, supports the United States, he knows how to make Virginia’s economy flourish, he It has my complete and complete support.”
He reiterated this in a July statement: “Wow, Glenn Youngin’s numbers in the game against Terry McAuliffe for the governor of Virginia look really good. Glenn made it. Incredibly successful and will truly make Virginia great again.”
The second half of the news linked Youngkin’s campaign to Trump and paid tribute to the former president’s own slogan of “Make America Great Again”.
A poll conducted by the Trafalgar Group from July 8 to 10 showed that McAuliffe was ahead of Jankin, and 46.8% of respondents said they would support him more than 45% of Republicans. The poll was conducted among 1,104 respondents, and the margin of error was plus or minus 2.87 percentage points.
The American Principles Project (APP)/SPRY strategy poll conducted from July 6th to 9th also put the Democratic candidate ahead, leading by 5 percentage points between 46% and 41%. This question was randomly selected among 600 possible voters, and the margin of error of the result was plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Wright’s defeat-in the second round of elections and facing another Republican candidate-happened under a series of unique circumstances.
But her loss clearly shows Trump’s support does not guarantee victory Even against other Republicans-this further intensifies the conspiracy of potential party struggles into the 2022 primary election.
According to Ballotpedia’s statistics, Trump has supported 25 political candidates since leaving the White House.
Weekly newspaper The former president’s office, Youngkin’s campaign team and McAuliffe’s campaign team have been contacted for comments.
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