Mike Grella
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first heard Sep 2024
last heard 21 Apr
Mike Grella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In April of 2017, there were two special elections.
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The Democrats had 18 points better than Hillary Clinton did on average.
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What we're seeing right now in the election results, very similar to what we saw in Donald Trump's first term.
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And again, of course, that led to a big sweep for Democrats in the House.
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It's a ruby red district.
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Donald Trump won it by, get this, 30 percentage points.
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This race should not be close.
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It should not be close.
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But this is a special election in which I want you to take a look at the turnout so far in the early vote.
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Republicans have just a nine point advantage.
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You don't have to be a mathematical genius to know nine points is way less than 30.
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Now, of course, this is just party affiliation.
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We don't know how those folks are voting, but we do know that the early vote traditionally in Florida makes up the vast majority of the vote when all the votes are cast and counted.
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And so the bottom line is at this point, if people vote according to their party affiliation, this race is likely to be far, far, far closer than the Donald Trump plus 30 that we saw in the presidential race, just a little bit over.
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Okay, pause.
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Okay, so here's the thing.
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Four or five months ago?
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Would it be surprising to see Democrats do well there?
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Yeah, you know, sometimes you see a special election and say, that's a one-off.
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But what's important here is it's part of a trend.
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