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Politics Who’s Afraid of Losing Midterms? The legislature is an afterthought to the actual business of governing. (Photo by EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP via Getty Images) The Republicans are beginning to make frightened, unhappy noises about the upcoming midterm elections, and one hesitates to tell them they’re wrong to be afraid. President Donald Trump’s popularity is at or around its all-time low , the party’s popularity is in comparable territory , and the Democrats are sitting comfortably ahead in generic ballot polling . A Virginia redistricting scheme passed on referendum this week; if it holds up in court, it…Open
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