There are 10 Senate Democrats running for reelection in states President Trump won, while Republicans, who currently have a 52-seat majority, only have one or two vulnerable candidates. But Republicans have struggled to recruit top candidates in these Trump states. In West Virginia, a state Trump won by more than 40 (!) Finally, in North Dakota, Republicans don't have a candidate yet to challenge Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D), another state Trump won by double digits (20 points). But since we're going to spend the next 489 days trying to assess which opposing force is stronger in the 2018 Senate midterms — Senate Democrats' vulnerability in Trump states or Trump's unpopularity — let's plant an early flag and say that, so far, Trump's unpopularity appears to be weighing on Senate Republicans.

Source: Washington Post July 05, 2017 15:20 UTC