By most conventional metrics, Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran should be a gift to Democratic party candidates ahead of the midterm elections in November and the presidential election in 2028. Widely seen as a war of choice for which the U.S. president barely tried to provide coherent justification, the offensive in Iran is broadly unpopular. Its consequences – chiefly the spike in oil prices – risk disrupting the global economy and driving up the cost of gas at a time when American voters regularly name inflation and affordability as their top concerns.
Will the Democrats be able to capitalize on Trump's unpopular war?
The majority of Americans don't support war with Iran, but the Democratic establishment's muted complacency nor the progressive wing's increasing embrace of conspiratorial thinking is likely to serve the Democrats well in the November midterms
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