Mara Liasson

But they are going to have to deal with it when it comes to primary voting in 2028.

And I think we heard a Republican message too.

It's the same one that Donald Trump has been running on except the inverse has happened with the economy, right?

He's not any longer the challenger who's saying prices are high and you need me to fix it.

He was continuing to talk about immigration, deporting criminals and talking about crime in the country, having been rampant and now being in his, you know, in the way that he talks about it fixed.

And that's the real piece that sort of hobbles Trump is the economy, because.

He's not able to use that as something to run on, which really won him independence and persuadable voters.

And we've seen them slide away from him heavily in polling, probably because of that as well, because they rate that as their top issue still.

And he's hoping, again, that immigration is going to be the thing that helps Republicans over the finish line, some of these culture war issues when it comes to trans rights as well.

He's always said, remember, that immigration, he feels, is really his juice.

It's the thing that he felt got him over the finish line, even if exit polls said differently.

Well, you know, this midterm messaging, I think, is really important.

How do people view what Trump has said?

But I think we know the answer.

The views of Trump have been very baked in, as our pollsters have said, and has been that way for quite some time.

We saw a little bit of movement where independents and Latinos and some younger voters moved over to Trump to vote for him during the 2024 presidential election, mostly because of prices and the economy.

And now we've seen them sort of slide away.

And these numbers for Trump continuing to be where they've seemingly always been, anywhere from the high 30s to the low 40s when it comes to his approval rating.

And this midterm election is very much going to be a referendum on President Trump.

Yeah, absolutely.