Dear Gadol,
You have it backwards. The republicans losing their way is what got Trump elected. They were so riled up by the country electing a socialist – Obama -that they slowly left behind everything that had revived the party. Reagan, The Moral Majority, Compassionate Immigration, Military Service, Free Trade, Low Budgets, and just about everything else.
Now, the Democrats are so riled up from Trump, that they abandoned everything. That leaves up with culture wars and lobbyists in place of political dialogue and government by the people.
So now back to the question: what happens if the Republicans win the midterms?
1) They who the partisan battle for the day! Yay! Owning the Libs, what could be better?
2) Joe Manchin loses millions of lobbyist dollars, and the hours of air time.