Political analyst Bill Schneider said on Thursday that President Trump’s appeals to his base will end up inadvertently driving Democrats to the polls in November.
“A lot of Democrats don’t regularly vote in midterms. They want to vote right now. They’re angry,” Schneider told Hill.TV’s Jamal Simmons on “What America’s Thinking.”
“It’s all about Donald Trump. And Donald Trump is different from most other presidents — previous presidents. He really isn’t acting like the president of the United States as much as he is acting like the president of his base, part of the United States, and he’s enraging Democrats by doing that,” he continued.
“Democrats are ready to vote right now and this is going to bring them to the polls,” he said.
Trump has inserted himself into the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections, which are expected to turn into a referendum on his first two years as president.
Democrats are aiming to take back the House, and possibly the Senate, while also making inroads in state and local elections.
Surveys have shown wide Democratic enthusiasm ahead of the midterms.
A recent Pew Research Center survey, seen on Hill.TV, found that surveyed voters backing Democratic candidates in the midterms are more politically active than those respondents who are backing Republicans.
— Julia Manchester
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