WASHINGTON – Democrats will face their biggest challenge in energizing their base to vote since their main villain, former President Donald Trump, left office as they seek to hold onto three governor’s mansions this fall.
Riding a surge of voter enthusiasm due in large part to intense opposition to Trump and his allies, Democrats managed to take full control of Washington and flip several gubernatorial seats over the last two election cycles.
Now that Trump no longer commands the attention he did when he was in the White House, but remains active in politics and unpopular with many voters, Democratic operatives are weighing how central the former president should be to their campaign messaging moving forward.
