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Stephen Fowler

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The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And it looks kind of hokey.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And if you've seen like a lot of AI, you're probably like, that's AI.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

But for a normal person, they probably listened and said, what is that?

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And I think the strangest part of it, it raises a lot of questions about the ethics of using deep fakes, of using AI, of transparency going forward.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

But also when Collins was asked about this, he didn't back away from it.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

He just said, you know, we're just trying to keep up with modern times.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And I have to say, when it comes to special elections, it's another factor in midterm elections that when you look at them in aggregate and you shouldn't look at special elections on their own to think that that's an indicator of what happens in midterms.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

But when you take them all together, it has been eye-popping.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

Democrats have really swept so many of these special elections.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

They did really well in those off-year elections.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And when it comes to these congressional races that have been special elections, Democrats have won them by double digits.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

They just won a Texas state Senate seat that Trump had won by 17 points.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And the Democratic candidate won it by 14.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And I think that special elections are a huge indicator of activism and which side has enthusiasm.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And that is really where the secret sauce, the juice is in a midterm election, getting your base out, getting enough people out because the turnout in special elections is always lower than it is in presidential years.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

Miles, as my grandfather used to say, now you speak my language.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

I love what you did there in putting the bucket of a theme to those three races and they're really, really good ones to look at to understand what's happened with Latinos in this country and how far they've moved away from Trump because in those off-year elections, boy, Democrats won them by two to one margins.

The NPR Politics Podcast
The midterm map is beginning to take shape

And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-09-2026 4AM EST

The FBI has until Tuesday to publish a redacted copy of the affidavit it used to seize election material from Fulton County's elections office.

NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-09-2026 4AM EST

The Saturday order comes after more than 650 boxes of election material were taken on January 28th with little public explanation.