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Is A Blue Wave Coming to Wash Away Trump?

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Dan Pfeiffer: “In a world of non-stop bad news for America and the world, the political news for Democrats has been quite upbeat. Everywhere you look, there are positive signs for the upcoming midterms.”

“Democrats are flipping seats in districts Trump won, and even when we don’t flip the seat, Democratic candidates are dramatically overperforming Kamala Harris’s 2024 numbers. Dems even flipped the Florida state house district that includes Mar-a-Lago. Turnout in Democratic primaries has been through the roof. In Texas, more Democrats voted in the primary than Republicans, even though Republicans outnumber Democrats in the state and there was a high-profile Senate primary on the GOP side. Trump’s poll numbers are putrid. His approval is now under 40%.”

“From a political — or frankly any — perspective, things couldn’t be going worse for Trump and the Republicans. This is the least popular Trump has ever been, and it’s the worst political environment he has faced in his career.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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