“I do think that the surge in early voting in Virginia is a response to the uncertainty over the process of voting thanks to the efforts of the President,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at the University of Mary Washington.
“This year will be the best chance that Democrats have to beat a Republican incumbent in that district,” said Steve Farnsworth, a political science professor emeritus at the University of Mary Washington.
“The challenge of reaching these people cannot be underestimated. These are people who might have moved. They may be a little harder to reach because of the out-of-date registration information, and you know the activists who are trying to connect with these people will be able to reach some of them, but perhaps not all of them,” said Stephen Farnsworth, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at the University of Mary Washington. “The reality, though, is that in a close district contest, a few additional voters are potentially decisive.”
Stephen Farnsworth, political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, told Newsweek that voters “often punish the president’s party in midterm elections.” Trump’s unusually low approval rating is making things worse for Republicans compared to the usual midterm pain for the party in the White House, he said.
Stephen Farnsworth, author of Spinner in Chief: How Presidents Sell Their Policies and Themselves, says it’s difficult to imagine that anyone other than the base will bother to tune in. “The challenge, I think, for Trump TV is whether you’re going to reach anyone other than the already committed Trump voters,” he says.
Media scholars have also questioned what the shift could mean for how Americans receive information about the presidency. Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor, said Trump has repeatedly tried to communicate his version of events directly to the public.
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