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Scott Lucas questions whether Trump will respect midterm results

Times Radio's discussion moves from falling approval ratings to competitive Senate races and the limits of governing by executive order.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 329,762 views a day, 32 times a normal first day on this channel (10,306).

Trump’s Preparations to Deny Election Results Will Not Save Him | Scott Lucas

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2:13Willoughby presents polling showing Trump's approval below forty percent, with declines across demographic groups.
6:27Lucas sees possible Democratic gains in Congress and competitive Senate races in Texas, Iowa and Kansas.
7:44Lucas argues that Trump's reliance on executive orders complicates the usual picture of a weakened presidency.
10:28Lucas says the key question is whether election results will be respected.
14:04Willoughby interprets the flurry of executive orders as a late political push before the midterms.

Fi Glover's discussion starts with Donald Trump's approval ratings, then reaches a more fundamental question: what happens if his party loses control of Congress?

The Times Radio segment drew more than 217,000 views in its first eleven hours, putting it far beyond the channel's ordinary early pace for a discussion of this length.

George Willoughby, senior data journalist at The Times, first sets out the polling picture. He describes declining approval across demographic groups and examines how foreign conflicts and executive actions are affecting Trump's standing.

Scott Lucas, professor of politics at University College Dublin's Clinton Institute, then turns those findings into an electoral argument. He sees a chance for Democrats to win a Senate majority and points to competitive races in Texas, Iowa and Kansas. Those are his projections, not election results.

The discussion's sharper distinction comes when Lucas considers what divided government would mean. Rather than simply describing a weakened president as a "lame duck," he focuses on Trump's use of executive orders to work around Congress and the institutional tensions that could follow a Democratic victory.

The title, "Trump's Preparations to Deny Election Results Will Not Save Him | Scott Lucas," makes a forceful prediction. Lucas's central question in the interview is more direct. At about ten minutes, he says: "We have to look to see if the election results will be respected."

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