Hey patriots! Max Burns here.
One of my favorite things to talk about is how badly MAGA has given up on fixing the crises it created. From the war in Iran to health care and the affordability crisis, Republicans just don’t seem to recognize the word responsibility — and voters have noticed.
A new IPSOS survey found that Americans trust Democrats more than Republicans on almost every issue. Which political party do you trust more on health care? Democrats +23. Cost of living? Democrats +14. How about inflation? Democrats +14. The war in Iran? Democrats +11. People are sick of Republican mismanagement, and all it took was two years of Donald Trump.
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Trump Isn’t Juicing Turnout in the Peach State
Trump was in Georgia the other day trying to rally up support for his good buddy, Mike Collins. I’m not sure that Trump’s big event helped Collins, though, since Trump made sure to remind Georgians that poverty is hitting new records on his watch. Not sure why you’d brag about that, but hey, dementia is tough.
Trump’s fumble in Georgia comes on the heels of the state’s staggering early voting numbers. Over 180,000 Georgians showed up to the polls on the first day of voting, a 44% increase from 2022. Thanks to GOP efforts to restrict mail-in voting, 96% of Georgians cast their early ballots in person. That’s a turnout even Democrats didn’t expect, and it bodes well for Sen. Jon Ossoff’s chances.
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We also take a quick trip down to North Carolina, where Roy Cooper is beating the pants off of his MAGA opponent, Michael Whatley. North Carolina is energized, and young voters have a lot to say about it — so don’t miss it.
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Ukraine just handed us an October surprise right in time for the midterms.
Awesome news out of GA! Thanks for the update, Max!
Here in NC: As of 10/19, the early vote continues to grow: 733,299 votes cast or 9.3% of registered voters; 30% higher than 2022. The breakdown is encouraging, too: 14% of the vote are Dems, 6.5% are Rs; 7.9% are unaffiliated. The Dem turnout is 5.4 points better than 2022; Rs are down 0.7 points; Indies are up 2 points.
Thanks so much for your great coverage of all these races.
Edit: Source: Carolina Forward Turnout Tracker
Great news out of North Carolina and Georgia!!! Blue states can and must expand voting turnout by our most loyal but hard to reach supporters by combining the local elections with the even year midterm elections. It will save millions of tax dollars and result in more women and more minorities being elected to local offices.