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Rahm Emanuel

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Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

But to win in Iowa, yet you are going to have Democratic turnout.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Here's how I look at the electorate.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Democrats are mad at what Donald Trump's doing and mad that he's getting away with it.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Independent voters are uncomfortable.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

They made a Faustian bargain.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

They didn't like Donald Trump personally.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

They were uncomfortable with him, but they thought they were going to get economics out of it.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

They've gotten neither the economics and they've gotten all the personality.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

And so they're furious.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

They're uncomfortable with a rubber stamp Republican Congress.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

I happen to think Republican MAGA voters, as seen by Marjorie Taylor Greene, seen by Joan Rogan, feel betrayed.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

A different emotion.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

There are three distinct emotions in this electorate.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Anger among Democrats, uncomfortable and disquieted and discomfort among independents, betrayal among MAGA voters.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

And Democrats' focus is on their base, which we're going to turn out because they want to send a message.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

win the hearts and minds of the unaffiliated voters, and that's your ticket to a majority.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Well, one, you know, the closer you get to where people live their lives, the more energized they are.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Nothing's more energizing than school boards.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

Number two, not just school boards, but I'm saying anything that gets close to theβ€” I used to have a rule when I was mayor.

Up First from NPR
Rahm Emanuel on 2026 Midterms and Politics in the Trump Era

You better be very smart and strategic about it.