Democrat Emily Gregory narrowly won the special election for the district Tuesday night, The Associated Press projects. Trump carried the area in 2024.
She performed 1.6% better than Harris, who also won that district. It’s a bump, but I’d feel a lot more comfortable if wars, ICE raids, expensive healthcare, election rigging and inflation was worth more than a 1.6% bump.
Especially since the party in power usually has lower turnout in off year elections.
It’s important to take into account that this was a special election. These kinds of elections usually have higher GOP turnout than Dems because old racists ain’t got shit else to do.
Not saying I disagree — I mean, my view is that his claims of election rigging alone should really have made Trump not politically-viable for any voter already — but setting that aside, it’s a situation where the resident of not merely the state but also the congressional district is President, and you’d expect that to bump in the positive direction, opposing the negative bump from incumbent President.
She performed 1.6% better than Harris, who also won that district. It’s a bump, but I’d feel a lot more comfortable if wars, ICE raids, expensive healthcare, election rigging and inflation was worth more than a 1.6% bump.
Especially since the party in power usually has lower turnout in off year elections.
It’s important to take into account that this was a special election. These kinds of elections usually have higher GOP turnout than Dems because old racists ain’t got shit else to do.
Not saying I disagree — I mean, my view is that his claims of election rigging alone should really have made Trump not politically-viable for any voter already — but setting that aside, it’s a situation where the resident of not merely the state but also the congressional district is President, and you’d expect that to bump in the positive direction, opposing the negative bump from incumbent President.