Overview
- On his War Room show, Steve Bannon said Republican voters are “just not feeling it right now” and urged President Trump and party leaders to “step up and do something.”
- Big Data Poll’s late-January survey showed Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot 46.1% to 42.0%, with a 53.6% to 41.8% Democratic edge among voters who are extremely enthusiastic to turn out.
- Additional polling cited in coverage, including Reuters/Ipsos and Nate Silver’s aggregate, also points to a Democratic advantage and a motivation gap favoring Democrats heading into November.
- After Bannon claimed ICE would “surround the polls,” White House chief of staff Susie Wiles called the assertion categorically false, and outlets noted elections are administered by state and local officials.
- Rasmussen’s Mark Mitchell argued in a recent op-ed that the administration’s focus has felt reactive and unfocused, while Bannon highlighted Texas—citing Proposition 10—as a growing concern for Republicans.