Republicans are worried that President Trump could be a drag in close races that will determine control of the House and Senate.
There is growing evidence that Trump is losing support from independent swing voters as he deals with a number of investigations.
A new NBC News poll shows that 34 percent of registered voters have a positive view of Trump, compared to 54 percent who have a negative view of him. That is the lowest Trump has ever been in a survey.
The controversy surrounding the FBI's search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate seems to have hurt him.
Half of Americans think that Trump should be prosecuted for his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House, according to a survey conducted in August.
A majority of independents don't want him to run for president again.
A New York Times-Siena survey conducted earlier in September found Trump trailing President Biden by 3 percentage points, even though just 39 percent of independents said they approve of Biden's job performance.
John Thomas is a Republican strategist. Is it possible to move your base turnout margin a little bit? I think Trump has something to offer there. Is it possible to win with independent swing voters on issues that aren't related to Trump?
The GOP Senate candidates who got across the finish line in their primaries with the former president's help are Herschel Walker, J.D. Vance, and Mehmet Oz.
It is possible that those candidates will be hurt by Trump as they move to the middle for the election.
In Ohio on Saturday, Trump held a rally for a Republican candidate.
He plans to hold similar rallies in Michigan and North Carolina in the near future.
In a post over the weekend on Truth Social, Trump said that he did big Rallies for both J.D. Vance and Dr. Oz.
The Pennsylvania rally was a huge success and the Ohio rally was also a huge success.
Both candidates wanted this and I was able to deliver. All Republicans want Rallies. Most would lose if it weren't for the Rallies and endorsements. Make America great again.
Ohio and Georgia are red states where Trump helped earn the nomination and could make a difference in a general election.
The former aide said that in states such as Arizona, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, Trump could be more of a drag.
One GOP strategist in Arizona doubts if the Republican gubernatorial and Senate candidates will be able to expand their appeal beyond hardcore Trump voters in a state that sent a senator to Washington.
Few Republicans will want to criticize Trump because he is popular with them. Trump had an 81 percent approval rating within the Republican Party, according to a USA Today-Ipsos poll.
J.D. is touching my butt. Trump argued that if he were politically toxic, he wouldn't want my support.
When the former president isn't on the ballot, Trump voters don't show up in large numbers. More than 74 million people voted for Trump in 2020 because of his enthusiasm.
The GOP lost its majority in the House in the year without Trump on the ticket. There were two Georgia Senate seats that went to Democrats in the middle of the 21st century.
Some Republican candidates who supported Trump in the primary race are trying to distance themselves from the former president.
Dan Bolduc, a GOP Senate candidate in New Hampshire who insisted as recently as August that Biden was illegitimately elected in 2020, made a complete reversal after winning his primary last week.
Oz said earlier this month that he would have voted to certify Biden's victory, even though he was endorsed by Trump. Trump and many of his supporters are angry that Mike Pence certified the electoral college results.
Biden won New Hampshire and Pennsylvania by large margins.
Democrats have been happy to take advantage of Trump's prominent role in the elections, believing his lack of appeal with independent voters and the cloud of investigations hanging over him makes it possible to turn the vote into a referendum on the former president.
In a memo late last week, the president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund wrote that people who are part of Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement have turned off voters with extreme views on abortion.
The general election is upon us after the primary season has ended. The Republican Party is facing a lot of headaches because of the clear choice voters will have this November.
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