That Democrats saw high turnout on the day that a Republican president threatened to wipe out an entire civilization isn’t surprising. But the special elections in Georgia and Wisconsin last night demand more of an explanation than just motivated partisans.
As Lakshya Jain, The Argument’s director of political data discussed with VoteHub’s Zachary Donnini, high-turnout elections usually see high turnout for both parties. But last night, we saw high turnout for Democrats and low turnout for Republicans, suggesting a decent portion of voters were persuaded to cross the aisle.
“Persuading people in a special election is actually harder than persuading the general electorate because these are more engaged voters. So it then leads to the point that Republicans are seeing a very big and pronounced swing in public opinion away from them.”
Check out the full video to hear more about what made last night’s elections unique.
