{"id":2423809,"date":"2025-04-15T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairman-says-trump-tickdown-in-support-still-puts-him-ahead-of-democrats-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:05:41","slug":"rnc-chairman-says-trump-tickdown-in-support-still-puts-him-ahead-of-democrats-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-chairman-says-trump-tickdown-in-support-still-puts-him-ahead-of-democrats-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC chairman says Trump \u2018tickdown\u2019 in support still puts him ahead of Democrats &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frnc-chairman-says-trump-tickdown-in-support-still-puts-him-ahead-of-democrats-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2423809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley commented on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s popularity in relation to the Democratic Party, asserting that Trump&#8217;s support remains significantly higher despite a slight decline in some polls. He criticized the Democratic Party as &#8220;rudderless&#8221; and suggested it will struggle to connect with voters if it focuses on issues like border security and inflationary policies. Whatley emphasized that Trump&#8217;s agenda\u2014focusing on rebuilding the economy and promoting safety\u2014resonates with the electorate.He acknowledged the financial advantages of the Democratic Party leading up to the 2026 midterm elections, but insisted that Republicans should leverage volunteers, infrastructure, and election integrity rather than solely relying on campaign spending. He noted a recent $13 million fundraising success for a republican association as an indicator of support for Trump&#8217;s agenda, advocating that maintaining Congressional control is essential for Trump&#8217;s continued influence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">RNC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-corrupted-software-that-stole-6000-votes-from-trump-in-michigan-county-shut-down-for-two-hours-in-red-counties-in-georgia-on-election-day\/\" title=\"Update: Corrupted Software that Stole 6,000 Votes From Trump in Michigan County -- Shut Down for TWO HOURS in Red Counties in Georgia on Election Day\">chairman<\/a> says Trump &lsquo;tickdown&rsquo; in support still puts him ahead of Democrats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2095167\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley downplayed concerns that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s legislative actions could dent his support ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2026 midterm elections<\/a>, suggesting he is still &ldquo;dramatically&rdquo; more popular than the Democratic Party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whatley said the Democratic Party is &ldquo;rudderless&rdquo; ahead of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s first speech on Tuesday since leaving the White House. He said the party would continue struggling to attract voters if it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/internal-gop-memo-highlights-inflation-spurred-by-biden-admin-spending\/\" title=\"Internal GOP Memo Highlights Inflation Spurred by Biden Admin. Spending\">remains focused<\/a> on topics such as insecure borders and &ldquo;inflationary spending.&rdquo; When asked how Trump&rsquo;s recent actions regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> or his tariff battle could affect the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican Party<\/a>, Whatley said the former action is part of a &ldquo;commonsense agenda&rdquo; that most voters support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3380813\/universities-sue-department-of-energy-cuts-scientific-research\/\">Universities sue Department of Energy over cuts to scientific research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3380572\/british-steel-furnaces-material-us-china\/\">British Steel sources materials from US to keep furnaces running<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3380786\/jon-stewart-mocks-trump-cabinet-meeting\/\">Jon Stewart mocks &#8216;weird&#8217; Trump Cabinet meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The American people don&rsquo;t want to see fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government,&rdquo; Whatley argued on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;They do not want to see open borders. They want to make sure that America&rsquo;s going to be strong. So the president may have a slight tick down in this poll or that poll, and he may be a slight tick up in other polls, but the fact is he is dramatically more popular right now than the Democratic Party because of the agenda that he is pushing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-launches-early-voting-bus-tour-ahead-of-pivotal-virginia-elections\/\" title=\"Youngkin kicks off early voting bus tour for crucial Virginia ....\">common sense agenda<\/a> of rebuilding our economy, restoring the southern border, and keeping communities safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2892388&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=31dbf08a8c93e22ff31b545544be7963\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Whatley acknowledged that the Democratic Party has &ldquo;a ton of money&rdquo; to outspend the Republican Party. However, he stressed that Republicans cannot think &ldquo;for a second&rdquo; that outspending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-president-trump-and-first-lady-melania-trump-leave-white-house-for-final-time-as-president-video\/\" title=\"VIDEO: ... Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Leave White House for Final Time as ... (VIDEO)\">opposing party<\/a> is key to victory. Rather, he said Republicans should focus on finance and other factors to advocate Trump, including volunteers, infrastructure, and election integrity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whatley also addressed how a Republican organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/scoop-gop-group-dedicated-electing-republicans-state-level-spotlight-record-fundraising-haul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">raised $13 million<\/a> in the first three months of 2025, saying this reflects people&rsquo;s desire to see Trump&rsquo;s agenda advance beyond just two years. As such, he said the Republican Party&rsquo;s mission should be ensuring it keeps control of Congress so Trump can cooperate with the House and Senate for his full term.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/3378333\/gop-should-address-welfare-work-disincentives-budget-reconciliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">REPUBLICANS SHOULD ADDRESS WELFARE&rsquo;S WORK DISINCENTIVES IN BUDGET RECONCILIATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, <em>Sabato&rsquo;s Crystal Ball<\/em> suggested that the Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3376901\/crystal-ball-gives-democrats-narrowest-of-leads-in-2026-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">could narrowly win a couple more seats<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">19 congressional seats considered toss-ups<\/a>. Kyle Kondik, managing editor of <em>Sabato&rsquo;s Crystal Ball<\/em>, said both parties have some advantages. However, the biggest deciding factor will be what happens in the 19 months leading up to Election Day in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This year&rsquo;s elections will see the governor&rsquo;s mansion up for grabs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/states\/virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Virginia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/states\/new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Jersey<\/a>, both states that went to former Vice President Kamala Harris despite Republicans gaining some ground in the 2024 presidential election. Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA), chairman of the Republican Governors Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3245672\/virginia-new-jersey-give-gop-openings-2025-kemp-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">expressed enthusiasm for both elections<\/a> following Trump&rsquo;s victory against Harris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2095167\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2095167\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNC chair: Trump&#8217;s slight support drop still leads over Democrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2423810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whatley-ahead-of-2026-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32431,6915,3634],"class_list":["post-2423809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2024-election","tag-rnc","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Whatley-ahead-of-2026-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423813,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423809\/revisions\/2423813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}