Let's talk about Georgia and New Hampshire warning Trump and the GOP.... - Belle of the Ranch

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Well, howdy there Internet people. It's Belle again. So, today we're going to talk about Georgia and New Hampshire, warning Trump and the GOP.

A pair of special elections sent the same warnings about the midterms to Republicans that they've been getting ever since Trump started enacting his agenda and Americans started paying the price. In New Hampshire, a special election for state house saw Democrat Bobbi Boudman defeat Republican Dale Fincher. The election was for Carroll County District. The seat was opened up after the Republican holding it resigned. That person beat Boudman by 13 points in 2024. This was a pretty big swing in an area kind of noted as being a bellweather. This district also went for Trump.

It looks like Democrats have now flipped at least 28 seats since Trump won in November 2024. And it doesn't look like Republicans have flipped a single one. The closest they come is a county office in Virginia. That's pretty indicative of a nationwide buyer's remorse.

The promises of the Trump campaign have not been the actions of the Trump presidency. And it looks like voters are holding the entire Republican party responsible for Trump's failures because they aren't opposing him to any meaningful degree.

Elected officials in the Republican party have generally avoided pushing back on Trump's bad policies because they've been worried about Trump using social media to inflame the GOP base against them. Maybe they want his endorsement, but even if not, they wouldn't want a mean tweet about them from Trump.

And that brings us to Georgia and the possibility that Republicans may cease caring about Trump's endorsement even more than they already have. In DC, it's become pretty clear that most believe Trump has already entered his lame duck era. This is especially true in the Senate, where Republicans have grown more accustomed to telling Trump to go play with his ball room. But the House and some state Republicans are still hoping Trump matters when it comes to endorsements.

In the special election to fill the seat left vacant by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump endorsed a candidate. In the super red district in Georgia, Trump's endorsement carried so little weight that it didn't get the candidate a majority. It was a crowded field and the Republican candidate Trump supported made it to the runoff, but he only captured 34.9% of the vote. That's a pretty pathetic showing when you're running in a deep red district and you've got the president's endorsement.

MTG would normally win the district with 64 to 75% of the vote. So, if we take the middle of that, it's about 70% Republican, but even with Trump's endorsement, the candidate only got half that. It kind of shows that even some of the Republican base no longer cares what the lame duck thinks. It's worth noting that Democrat Shawn Harris actually got the most votes, but that isn't expected to be the case in the runoff.

From the halls of the Senate to the town halls of New Hampshire, we're getting repeated signs that people no longer believe in the power of the President, who promised a booming economy and delivered record job losses, or the President of Peace, who starts elective wars that weaken the United States.

Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.