President Trump is running an extensive campaign tour through states including Ohio, Alaska, Arizona and Montana, 20 days before the midterm elections, despite polls showing his unpopularity has been negative for over a year and that his party stands to lose the most. He has promised to visit 32 states and districts where Republicans are struggling, alternating between competitive races and places he has won easily before. The strategy aims to keep the core MAGA base, about 30% of the electorate, mobilized, and his rallies are greeted with enthusiasm, with protesters sometimes physically removed. Supporters see his outbursts, including praise for John Husted's backside, as an unprecedented personality, while critics see signs of cognitive decline in an 80-year-old man. Against a backdrop of high gas and diesel prices and inflation tied to the war in Iran, now in its eighth month, one aggregate of surveys shows Democrats leading by eight points on the generic ballot.
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