{"id":533523,"date":"2021-05-21T12:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=533523"},"modified":"2021-05-21T12:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:35:42","slug":"democrats-arent-sure-if-trumps-absence-will-hurt-or-help-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-sure-if-trumps-absence-will-hurt-or-help-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Aren\u2019t Sure If Trump\u2019s Absence Will Hurt Or Help Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-arent-sure-if-trumps-absence-will-hurt-or-help-them%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=533523&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>Democrats are unsure whether former President Donald Trump\u2019s absence is benefitting or hurting their party, The Hill reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said Trump increased <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/20\/bolton-trump-poll-republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican<\/a> voter turnout in the previous election which caused Democrats to lose 11 seats in the House and win the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/06\/raphael-warnock-wins-georgia-senate-runoff-race-defeats-kelly-loeffler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate<\/a> by an extraordinarily slim margin, The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/554667-the-memo-democrats-torn-over-whether-trumps-absence-helps-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Democratic New York Rep. Sean Maloney, chairman of the DCCC, said Trump\u2019s absence could benefit them in upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2022, when Trump\u2019s name is not on the ballot, there\u2019s no evidence that Republicans\u2019 current message, which is divisive and reckless, will be able to recreate the turnout Republicans saw in 2020, and it might in fact hurt them,\u201d Maloney said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A Democratic pollster, Mark Mellman, credited the former president for increasing voter turnout on both sides. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/10\/trump-pac-election-republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: REPORT: Trump Planning To Open PAC To Maintain Influence In GOP)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[2020] was an election of vital importance for the people who hated Trump and for the people who loved Trump,\u201d Mellman said, according to The Hill. \u201cHe brought out people on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7197376\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7197376\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7197376\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-279x120.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from New York, questions witnesses during a House Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry hearing on Capitol Hill November 21, 2019 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony during the fifth day of open hearings in the impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump, whom House Democrats say held back U.S. military aid for Ukraine while demanding it investigate his political rivals. (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7197376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean Maloney, head of the DCCC (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Polling was largely inaccurate in the 2020 where election results saw a surge in Republican turnout. Maloney argued that Trump voters do not often respond to polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat creates what we call a systemic nonresponse bias. That\u2019s a fancy way of saying the real Trump supporters don\u2019t like talking to pollsters,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/powerpost\/democrats-2020-autopsy-midterms\/2021\/05\/18\/6114af82-b80d-11eb-a5fe-bb49dc89a248_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>&nbsp;The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Keir Murray of Texas said that Trump\u2019s presence caused many, including anti-Trump Republicans, to vote for Democrats, according to The Hill. Murray added that the depiction of Democrats as being socialists and pushing to defund police has hurt the party in his state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018socialism\u2019 argument, the \u2018defund the police\u2019 argument-both of those did considerable damage to Democratic candidates in Texas, not just Biden but down the ticket as well,\u201d Murray said. \u201cI think it is an attack that can be refuted but that is going to require an acknowledgement of the severity of the attack in order to counteract it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats are unsure of whether Trump will have a beneficial or detrimental impact for them in the election process, many Republicans are confident that the former president will benefit them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven people within the Republican establishment who may not love Trump want him on the battlefield. They know he is a net positive. They know he does appeal to atypical Republican voters, especially from a working-class background,\u201d the unnamed GOP operative said, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Trump continues to remain a significant figure in the GOP, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/lindsey-graham-donald-trump-most-popular-republican-america-try-erase-him-erased\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sen. Lindsey Graham<\/a> referred to him as the \u201cmost popular Republican in America\u201d on May 11 while appearing on Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are unsure whether former President Donald Trump\u2019s absence is benefitting or hurting their party, The Hill reported Friday.The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said Trump increased Republican voter turnout &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312593,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-279x120.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Aren\u2019t Sure If Trump\u2019s Absence Will Hurt Or Help Them","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1183807009-scaled-e1621611222913-279x120.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Democrats Aren\u2019t Sure If Trump\u2019s Absence Will Hurt Or Help Them","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533523","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}