Don’t be fooled by special elections — Democrats are still in trouble
Break out the big blue hype machine: Democrats and their media allies are swooning over Tuesday’s special election results in Wisconsin and in Florida.
They’re saying this is the start of the turnaround, a sign that people are rebelling against President Trump and Elon Musk.
A party badly in need of a jolt got one, and best of all, they got it the old-fashioned way: by beating up on the Big Bad Orange Man.
It’s a great story.
There’s only one problem: It isn’t true.
Oh, it’s true that Republican candidates ran well behind Trump in the key races.
Florida’s two new GOP congressmen, Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine, won by 14 and 15 percentage points in districts that Trump carried by 37 and 30 points, respectively.
Brad Schimel, the GOP-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court, also trailed Trump by double digits.
Trump carried the Badger State by about a point in 2024, while Schimel lost by 10.
The problem with the Democrats’ tale is that they’ve willfully misunderstood why these outcomes occurred.
The Democratic coalition........
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