I am Casey Hunt and this is CNN Tonight.

We are in the midst of another general election season that will test Donald Trump's

impact across the board.

Independence turned away from him in 2020, and as criminal investigations widened by the

day, those independents are being reminded why they still don't like him.

Two-thirds of independents say in a new poll that they don't want the ex-president to run

for office again.

And though he is not on the ballot this November, Democrats, led by President Biden, have

tried to frame the midterms as a choice between democracy and Trumpism, which the president

defines as a threat to democracy.

Democratic voters, meanwhile, are energized over abortion rights, Trump, and more 62 days

before the final votes are cast.

So where does that leave Republicans who are on the ballot?

They are stuck right back where they were, answering for the now former president's

actions.

I don't really have any comments on this whole investigation.

There's been dominating the news for the last month.

And it is dominating the news.

And while many Republicans are trying to step out of Trump's shadow or at least ignore

it, there are some others that are making moves to potentially run against him in 2024.

The invisible presidential primary already well underway with possible GOP contenders making

their way to Iowa and New Hampshire, let me tell you, it doesn't happen by accident.

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