Democrats are essentially telling pollsters they will walk across hot coals to get to the polls. Fox News’s most recent poll finds that more Democrats than Republicans are “extremely” motivated to vote. In my own polling, 82 percent of Democrats say it is “extremely important” to win the midterms and stop Mr. Trump from carrying out his agenda — while only 57 percent of Republicans say that it is similarly important for their party to win. That number falls to 47 percent among party-first Republicans. What’s driving this discontent? The economy is one clear factor: Only 29 percent of party-firsters strongly approve of Mr. Trump’s handling of the issue, and less than half describe the economy as “improving.” They are also less upbeat about their own party on issues such as health care, foreign affairs and the overall state of democracy. They aren’t widely convinced things are becoming more stable in the country. Only around one-third strongly support the U.S. military operations in Iran.

 

Trump Is Losing Normie Republicans

By Kristen Soltis Anderson

Ms. Anderson, a contributing Opinion writer, is a Republican pollster and a moderator of Opinion’s series of focus groups.