Topic - Steve Israel

“Voters may decide they are going to vote for Trump but they know how unstable he can be, so they will vote for a Democrat to check him," said former Rep. Steve Israel, who chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and now directs the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.

Endangered House candidates struggle with how closely to run with Biden and Trump →

Still, while railing against communists and Marxists may be effective at animating voters who form the Republican base, it may not be an effective strategy in next year's general election, Israel said.

Donald Trump and other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as 'communists' →