Happy 100 days until the election. @realDonaldTrump has been consistently behind by a wide margin for months as covid drags him down, and Republicans are growing even more worried about the damage he could do to them down-ballot. vice.com/en_us/article/…
Things are pretty bad,” said one GOP strategist involved in a number of down-ticket races. “If Trump doesn’t turn things around we’ve got real problems.”
Trump is far behind in public/private polls in MI (where he's not even on air with his recent ad buy!), PA, WI. Needs one.
Trump also trails consistently in AZ/FL, down slightly in NC, in a dead heat in IA/OH/TX/GA. Proof his campaign is worried: they're spending on ads in all these states. This is putting the Senate, once a stretch for Dems, easily in reach.
Biggest surprise in my reporting: both Dems and R's tell me the @JohnCornyn race is a lot closer than public polling. If Trump loses Texas, Cornyn is in real trouble too.
This could easily be the nadir for Trump, and the GOP could bounce back! But things could just as easily get worse.
One GOP strategist: "It’s a whole shit sandwich and we all have to take a bite."
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