The Economy as Electoral Ballast: Why Trump's Strategy Won't Sway Voters The midterm elections have long been a referendum on the party in power, but President Trump's attempts to rebrand them as a choice between his own policies and those of the Democrats may be a misguided gamble.
With the economy facing challenges from the trade war with Canada and rising tensions with Iran, it seems counterintuitive that Trump would seek to make this election about him rather than the issues at hand.
The Atlantic's Michael Scherer noted last week that for four decades, midterms have been marked by voter discontent, regardless of the party in power.