GOP: The economy will shield us from blue wave

Bob Woodward’s new best-selling book portrays Donald Trump’s White House in a state of chaos. The president is under fire for claiming Democrats inflated the death toll from Hurricane Maria. And Trump’s former campaign chairman is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.

Congressional Republicans say ignore all those distractions: The booming economy is the only thing that will matter to voters in November.

The unemployment rate is below 4 percent. The stock market is climbing. Blue collar jobs are growing. And help wanted signs are abundant.

Just this week, the Census Bureau released data showing that median household income climbed to $61,400 last year, back to levels not seen since before the 2008 financial crash.

At the end of the night, when people look at their paycheck and they look at the discretionary funds that they have today that they didn't have two years ago, they will say, ‘I may not like the president, but I like the policies,’” said Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus that’s closely allied with Trump.

Polling shows Trump’s approval rating has dipped into the 30s and House Democrats have a double-digit advantage over Republicans among likely voters in the generic ballot. A recent FiveThirtyEight forecast projects Democrats have an almost 83 percent chance of winning back the House in the midterms.


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