Andrew Wilson
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That's just gone now.
Yes, I am tracking that.
In fact, I think that's probably the most important metric that we're seeing right now.
You know, we're seeing these generic ballot numbers, which is when a pollster asks, are you going to vote for Republicans or Democrats sort of generically in November of 2026?
And that has Democrats at about plus six in a lot of these aggregators.
But I don't think that really captures how well Democrats are going to perform.
I think enthusiasm is a much better metric.
And you can see that play out in Texas, for example.
James Tallarico is leading
John Cornyn and Ken Paxton in a potential matchup.
And that comes down to the fact that Republicans are demoralized across the board.
They feel terrible.
They don't want to get out and vote.
MAGA Republicans were never really going to go out and vote in mass numbers because Trump's not on the ballot.
That's really important to them.
So Democrats just have a massive enthusiasm lead.
Now, could they blow it?
Could the leadership really stomp on it?
Absolutely, they could blow it.
They could absolutely blow it.