Republicans have long been convinced that voters’ enduring concerns about inflation and illegal immigration give them an electoral edge this cycle over Democrats, who currently control the White House and the Senate.

But in the final stretch of the race, the continuing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine as well as national-security threats from American adversaries under the Biden-Harris administration give Republicans another electoral cudgel — a world on fire.

“The economy and immigration are number one and number two, but the world on fire? That's pretty important too,” Representative Carlos Giménez (R., Fla.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a brief interview with NR in the U.S. Capitol.

“It's a disaster out there,” said Representative Jen Kiggans (R., Va.), another House Armed Services member and former Navy helicopter pilot whose district is home to many servicemen and veterans. “We were in a relatively stable environment until the Afghanistan withdrawal, which was chaotic and killed 13 servicemen and -women. And then after that, we saw Russia move towards Ukraine, and we saw Iran-backed proxies do things like invade Israel on October 7, and then we see China being more aggressive every single day of the week.”

“That's because of the Biden-Harris administration’s policies,” Kiggans added.

New polling from the Institute for Global Affairs finds that . . .