What If: Could the GOP abandon Trump and focus on Congress?

Back in 1996, the RNC shifted its messaging and resources away from presidential nominee Bob Dole in October after it was determined that the Kansas senator was too far behind in the polls to defeat Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton.

[...] it, not Trump, is running a comprehensive early voting program in key states to prevent Hillary Clinton's campaign from getting a big head start once the first votes are cast in less than a month.

Without the RNC, Trump would be left with a bare bones operation reliant largely on social media and his personality to ensure his voters show up.

By writing off Trump, the RNC could abandon swing states like Colorado and Virginia, where Trump is behind in many polls, in favor of Missouri and Georgia, reliably Republican states in recent presidential elections that have vulnerable GOP senators this fall.