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According to recent polling from McLaughlin & Associates, Trump appears to be weathering the recent attacks on his immigration policies and enforcement. While the polling shows that ICE has taken a political hit, both Trump and his immigration policies as a whole remain popular.
Newsmax reports that the polling shows Trump’s approval rating continues to sit at 50 percent, while deporting known criminal and terrorist illegal aliens is approved of by an overwhelming 87 percent of respondents.
Political strategist Chris Johnson, who heads the American Energy Leadership Institute, says this is a sign that his base remains strong. “He will always have a certain level of support,” Johnson said, “because people look at Democrats, and the things they’re proposing, and the things they’re saying, and say, ‘These people are insane.’”
Johnson did, however, warn that just because Trump appears to be holding his ground in the polling, it doesn’t mean the midterms will be a GOP red wave. “Even if people generally support Trump as opposed to the Democrats,” he said, “that doesn’t always translate to ‘I support my local GOP elected official.’”
He says that based on these numbers—combined with the fact that the party in power tends to take a hit during midterm elections—he thinks the GOP can expect to break even this year, rather than enjoying a red wave or being subjected to a blue one.