Could MAGA candidates in key swing states drag down Trump?
President Joe Biden may have some useful foils in November besides his presumptive opponent, former President Donald Trump: down-ballot “Make America Great Again” Republicans.
With the top of the ticket featuring a rematch between two highly familiar and unpopular candidates, voter enthusiasm for the presidential race may lag. And operatives on both the left and right say that a handful of controversial, Trump-endorsed nominees in key swing states could wind up costing the GOP some winnable Senate seats and governorships – and potentially even undercut Mr. Trump’s presidential bid.
Call it a coattails effect but in reverse – and with a negative impact.
“For lack of a better term, it’s a negative trickle-up,” says Matt Grotsky, a Democratic strategist and former
