Analysis: The GOP’s enthusiasm problem

'Striking' new stats said to reveal Republican enthusiasm catastrophe: 'Doesn't look good'

The Republican Party's electoral prospects in the midterms have dimmed as President Donald Trump's polling has slid into oblivion. But those prospects were arguably long to begin with, Aaron Blake wrote in an analysis for CNN published on Thursday."Republicans would have turnout challenges in the 2026 midterm elections regardless of how President Donald Trump was doing. After all, his base has proven they largely only come out in droves when his…

Analysis: The GOP’s enthusiasm problem

Republicans would have turnout challenges in the 2026 midterm elections regardless of how President Donald Trump was doing. After all, his base has proven they largely only come out in droves when his name is on the ballot.