Republican strategist Scott Jennings said the GOP needs to adapt to a new coalition of voters following the election results that mixed up for the party’s fate on Tuesday night.
The Republican candidate held two vacant house seats in Florida at the solid margin that less than half of President Donald Trump secured there in the 2024 presidential election. Jennings said Republican voters were “at lower prices, especially in special elections.” (Related: “No mistakes were admitted”: Scott Jennings points out that Biden is “no one” in Afghanistan’s fiasco)
“It’s a voting game. And this is Republican condition, and that’s true. We now have a party made up of low-lying voters. They tend not to vote when Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot,” Jennings told CNN. “They get at lower fees, especially when elections are happening at strange times. This is an issue the party needs to tackle.”
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In Wisconsin, liberal Susan Crawford defeated conservative Brad Schmiel in the race to fill the vacant seat on the state Supreme Court.
Jennings then discussed what the implications of the special election for Republicans in the House of Representatives.
“The Democrats have these high-promoting voters who do everything. “I don’t think they’re switching. I think they’re just coming out with the best-promoting voters.”
The special election in Florida replaced Matt Gaetz, the first candidate for Trump’s attorney general before he left, and Michael Waltz, Trump’s national security adviser. Republican Sen. Randy Fein defeated Democratic candidate Josh Weil 14 percentage points in the race to replace the waltz in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, but former Florida chief financial officer Jimmy Patronis Break Democratic candidate Gay Valimont had 14.8 points.
Trump carried over 30 points across both districts in the November general election.
“My advice as a Republican is to eat healthy, ride a treadmill and not live in a district worse than two of these two from now to next year, or at least when you pass the settlement bill now and this summer, it’s a thin margin so don’t die,” Jennings said. “But Republicans hope to retain this thin margin and hopefully long enough to get Donald Trump’s legislative agenda across the line.”
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