RNC Censures Unlikely to Matter for Midterm Elections

Dan Balz: “Democrats piled on the criticism of the RNC, but this was a sideshow to their main challenge of trying to persuade voters to look more favorably on Biden and themselves in the hope that they could turn around their midterm fortunes. For all that it said about the Republicans — and it said plenty about a party that has been caught in the undertow of the former president’s lies and obsessions — the RNC controversy offered only minimal opportunity to Democrats as a campaign issue.”

“Many political strategists say the RNC’s censure resolution is not top-of-mind for voters. It remains an inside-the-Beltway issue that has not and likely will not break through to the typical voter. This is important because of what it signifies for the Republicans, but there’s scant evidence that it’s going to move many general election voters.”

Said GOP pollster Neil Newhouse: “It’s a national pundit kind of story. It’s not a story that average voters care about.”