Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is concerned that Trump voters may have a negative impact on the midterm elections.
He suggested that he “big pool” of Trump voters that make up the Republican Party may not turn out to vote in 2026 if he isn’t on the ballot, saying that there is a group of people who are “unique to him” and aren’t necessarily interested in being involved in the voting process otherwise. He made the statement on Friday’s airing of ‘Fox & Friends,’ warning that the nature of midterms may end up taking power away from the party and handing it to Democrats.
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“Let’s talk about what you think is a warning sign for your party, and that is what happened in Tennesee 7th District. You say there was a 9-point win, but there are warning signs with the off-year election and with that election. What are the warning signs to your party?” co-host Brian Kilmeade asked.
“In an off-year midterm, the party in power’s voters tend to be more complacent,” the governor explained. “The party out of power, they get upset, right? That’s just the nature of midterms. We saw it when Obama was in with Republicans, so that dynamic is always going be there. I think Republicans have an issue that Donald Trump has created a big pool of voters, but some of them are unique to him, right? So they’ll go vote for Trump, and they’ll vote for all the Republicans when Trump’s on the ballot. But when he’s not on the ballot, some of them don’t vote.”
“Now, you can overcome that. We have in Florida, in 2022. We had a state that was a purple state, one-point state. We won by a million and a half votes, 20 points, the biggest Republican victory ever. We did that based on results and substance. We did it by flying under a banner of bold colors, not pale pastels. We were sticking it to the left, every single day and delivering big victories. It can be done. but I think it’s like, you can’t go on 2024 and say, ‘oh, well, Republicans won this district by 10 points, so therefore we’re going to win it,’ because President Trump is the reason you won it by 10 points.”
As Democrats come off big victories in places like New York City, New Jersey and Virginia, it remains to be seen how much of that momentum is going to carry over to the 2026 midterms, and if Republicans will be ready to fight back.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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