A growing number of House Republicans privately believe they won’t win the House

With four weeks until Election Day, many House Republicans are privately concluding they will likely lose their majority, and their focus has shifted to limiting how large a Democratic victory becomes. CNN reports that more than a dozen people familiar with internal discussions say the party's own polling shows President Donald Trump's approval sliding, even in traditionally Republican areas. Three people say strategists are considering pulling funds from Iowa's Mariannette Miller-Meeks, New Jersey's Tom Kean Jr. , and an open Nebraska seat as too hard to hold.

Republicans attribute the bad climate to high diesel and gas costs, persistent inflation and growing resistance to the Iran war, none of which they expect to reverse soon. Their aim is to hold Hakeem Jeffries, the potential next speaker, to a margin under ten seats, so that governing would be nearly impossible, much as it has been for Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson's team says he still expects to keep the chamber and plans an Iowa rally with Miller-Meeks next week. The party's House campaign arm also rejects any suggestion the majority is lost.

Republicans retain a large financial edge.

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