Trump's MAGA brand may be nontransferable to rest of GOP - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : Because if it doesn't, the two words we'll hear going into that day could be a very real possibility with turnout already down when Trump isn't on the ballot: blue wave.
56% : Not exactly the '98 Yankees lineup, but consider this: While Trump won the popular vote and every swing state, this was still a very close election.
53% : For context, Trump was at 37% at this time back in 2017.
50% : In Florida, two GOP candidates did win special House elections last week, but the margins were decidedly smaller than they were for Trump in 2024.
46% : Crawford won over conservative candidate Brad Schimel by more than 10 points in a state Trump won by a small margin in 2024.
42% : The question is: Will the golden age of prosperity Trump has promised materialize before the next elections in 2026?
41% : Trump is betting his presidency on winning a trade war against friends and foes alike.
30% : In Florida's 1st and 6th congressional districts, for example, Trump ran away with both by at least 30 points, but in Tuesday's special elections, Democrats cut those margins in half.
27% : Trump, defying the weaponization of the justice system via lawfare, a perpetually hostile and dishonest media, and two assassination attempts, wins back the presidency.
22% : One could even make the argument that it was Obama's decision to shame young black voters to cast their ballots for Harris, simply due to her race and gender, that only helped repel them away from her and to Trump. Going into 2026, Democrats who may have been hesitant to run in solidly red districts may be emboldened by two things they witnessed this week:
13% : If that happens, we could be looking at House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, which would mean the third impeachment of Trump over the crime of being an existential threat to democracy.
12% : So while Harris is the worst presidential candidate of our lifetimes, Buttigieg sounds like the human version of a ChatGPT bot, Newsom is as authentic as a $6 bill, and Ocasio-Cortez is a self-described socialist who still advocates spending trillions on the Green New Deal, all could win in 2028 if the economy is in peril.
10% : In Pennsylvania last month, East Petersburg Mayor James Malone defeated Commissioner Josh Parsons in a special state Senate election, a major upset considering that Trump had crushed Harris in the same State Senate District 36 by more than 15 points.
4% : If Trump is relatively unpopular as he was before the 2018 midterm elections -- he was at 38% -- Democrats will surely win back the House, essentially making Trump a lame duck while facing Seinfeld impeachment hearings -- a show about nothing.

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