Washington, DC – President Donald Trump has long been fixated on how voting in the United States is administered, claiming without evidence that his 2020 presidential election loss was the result of malfeasance.
Fast forward more than five years, and Trump is set to be in office for one of the most consequential midterm races in recent times.
It is unclear how the US president might involve himself in the midterms, which will determine whether his Republican Party maintains control over both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The results will decide whether Trump can continue to enact his agenda with relative ease or if he will face congressional pushback at every turn.
The Republican leader’s approach so far appears to be twofold, according to Michael Traugott, a political scientist and professor emeritus at the University of Michigan.
On one hand, Trump has embarked on a messaging campaign to cast doubt on any results that seem unfavourable.
“Part of what the Trump administration is doing is trying to create the impression of fraud and mismanagement in local elections so that they can argue eventually that some outcomes are not legitimate or real or should be discounted,” Traugott told Al Jazeera.
On the other hand, Trump also appears to be conducting a stress test of pre-existing election law, to see how much the federal government can intervene.
“There are actions that he could take or try to take, which would likely be stopped in the courts,” Traugott said....
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