Dems eye 2028 blowout after indies rebuke Trump & GOP

So there's new data just in showing just how much  independents broke for Democrats in critical races. across the country this midterm election. CNN's  Harry Enton has so much more for you on this. Show. me, tell me what do you see? You know, President  Trump going into this election, right? Oh, I'm. going to attend those rallies, the MAGA base is  with me. But he completely forgot about the part. of the electorate that determines elections, and  that is independence. Those in the center of the. electorate. But you know what? They didn't forget  about President Trump. and they went against his.

Republican party in historic numbers. I mean, just  take a look at this. The 2026 National House vote. among independents. Democrats won him by 20  points. By 20 points. I went back through all. the exit and voter poll data that I could find  since we started doing this back in the 70s. This 20 point margin is the largest that we have  ever seen backing Democrats. So, President Trump. might have been focused on MAGA, but the senator  of the electorate, they were focused on electing. Democrats to a historic degree. Independents,  when it came to where they went, how they voted,

how much did Trump factor into it? I mean, it's a  huge factor. Look at this. Look at Look at this. Yeah. President Trump had the worst net approval  rating in midterm history. Minus40 points for. Donald John Trump. As I spell it out here, look  at that. minus 40 points down there in the ocean, down there with Jacqu Kustoau, down there with  the Little Mermaid, down there with the Titanic, way underwater. And this helped drive this  historic Democratic wave among independents. A.

historically unpopular president with independents  leads to a historically strong performance among. the opposition party when it comes to this midterm  election. Independents decide elections. We talk. about this all the time when we especially when  we look at presidential elections, but what role. did they play in Senate races? Yeah. I I I mean,  I think this is the name of the game right here, right? President Trump won independence in all  three of these states back in 2024. And of course,

he won all three of these states, Georgia  and John Oaf, Adam Hamilton in Kansas, James Talerico in Texas, and then Democrats put  up a strong historically strong performances with. independents this midterm election. Look at this.  Plus 34 for John Oof, plus 33 for Adam Hamilton, plus 31 for James Terico. Those historic strong  performances among independents allowed them to. capture states in the case of Kansas, which  they hadn't done since 1932, and Texas, which they hadn't done since 1988 because these  Democratic candidates were able to flip what had.

been redleaning independent voters and made  them not just blue, but deep dark blue. Where. does this leave Republicans looking towards 2028  per the prediction markets? Yeah. So, you know, you take a look at these election results and  you see the independents. How about the chance. that Democrats win the presidency, the House,  and the Senate go a historic flip. Well, what. are we talking about? Well, a little bit over a  month ago, what was it? 48% chance that Democrats.

would in fact have that historic flip. But now,  look at that. That number is well north of 50%. So what we're seeing is a lot of the folks who  are putting their money where their mouths are, they are seeing what we saw on election day, a  historically strong performance for Democrats and. they're just going, especially given the decisions  that President Trump is making. Why is anything. really going to change? Of course, we still  have about two years time, but at this point, a slight little foot on the scale for the left  part of our political electorate. Stand by to.

stand by. Stand by to stand by. Thank you,  Harry. Much more news ahead. Stay with us. Medicare for all has been a big platform of yours  that you have pushed and you've said that you want. to get it passed. You've said that you would even  call it Trump care for all if that's what it took. Donald, if you're watching, we could put your  name on it. I know you like to put your name on. stuff. You can finally meet the unmet promise uh  in America to guarantee everybody healthcare. So, it's on the table if you want to do it. But are  you being serious or are you being funny? No, I'm absolutely serious. Like, you would  totally vote for that. I don't care what.

it's called. I want people to have healthcare in  this country. Really? Elsa followed up with a mock. Trump care card decked in gold and bearing the  president's well-known signature. His message, Donald, this is on the table. We are having  a new crop of Democrats that are using the. same tactics that Donald Trump used to grab  the attention to make news to get people to. focus on their agenda to message the things  that they want. Bill, I mean, it's also about. affordability. This is really interesting.  You know, M Donnie ran on affordability,

created this interesting relationship with Trump,  and literally in a different way said to Trump, I want to do this huge affordable housing  development in New York, and we haven't named it. yet. That when he when he presented it to Trump,  he literally said out loud, "We haven't named. it yet, and we need federal help." I think it is  fascinating that the folks who are really owning. the affordability agenda and Elsa certainly is one  of them are not interested in the fight with Trump. for the theater or for the ideology or they're not  talking about the danger to democracy which I'm.

not belittling is somewhat real. They're going at  the thing the American people care about and the. thing the American people are feeling which is  the cost of living and the challenges of making. ends meet. And I think this is actually a great  evolution for the Democratic party. It's populist. It's energetic. It's kitchen table. It's fun. But  it's also saying, "We're not going down any of. those sideshow roads. We're coming right at you."  And he dares him to take healthy from 2024. All. right. Peter looks like he's going to have a heart  attack. But before he does, but before he does,

I actually want to play one more cut from this  excellent interview that Leila Hold on. No, so I can actually be seen by a provider soon as  opposed to getting on. I want to play one more. cut from this excellent interview by Leila F of  NPR of Abdul Sayed. and she asked him, I think, um, quite well, you know, you have called Trump  an idiot. You obviously don't like him. It's been. very hostile. So, why is why do you think you're  going to have any sway with him if you've been.

standing up to him? And this is what he said.  If he has a neat trick, it's that he has fully. succumbed to his narcissism and is very good at  getting attention, which means every day he tees. off on me, he gives me more attention. He said  he's going to be Mr. veto, but he also has said, "Oh, I'll work with the Democrats." I mean, do  you think this could just push him away? This. type of approach, calling him dumb and unserious?  No. Because um he cannot stand he cannot stand. being disliked. I'm going to say this and and  it's probably going to reach his desk and he.

won't be able to resist it. He wants me to like  him. So, you think he wants you to like him? Call. my office. We can we can have a meeting. Okay.  Just on the affordability component. Yes. The. Democratic messaging on affordability is great.  I mean, the reason why Manny wanted to suck up, not I shouldn't say suck up to Trump. Trump  objectively likes and respects Mani has made. a very talented political guy. He likes people  who he looks at and says like that guy does a. you know whatever the policy aside like he  can respect that. But Manny wanted $2 billion.

from the federal government. It's not affordable  housing when they're costing upwards of a million. dollars a unit, right? So all of this stuff where  it's affordability. No, no. It's just increasing. government debts and deficits and and shifting  it to different elements of the taxpayer base to. basically launder funds through a complicated NGO  and and donor network. Wait, do you think it was a. good tactic? Oh, I think it's a great tactic. It's  very smart and I think Abdul's tactic is also very. smart. I mean, the messaging on it is great. The  you say we'll get to the substance of it. There's. no substance and this isn't going to get 50 votes  in the Senate, but it is smart and we're talking.

about it right now. And it's the type of things  that Democrats should be doing that any politician. should be doing. So I can bully where a bully  resides and he responds to him in the way that. you know if you dish it then you have to be able  to take it back. He is also somebody who is very. adept to psychoanalysis. He knows in internally  how Trump is going to react because one this is. how Trump always reacts but also because he gets  a high off of these types of things for uh Elsad. One of the things that he really wants to do he's  a public health professional. This has been his.

life's work. He wants to get Medicare for all  across the aisle. He I I believe him. He doesn't. care whether you call it Trump. You can call it  whatever the hell you want to call it. At the end. of the day, he wants to be able to provide it for  the people. That was one of the core things he ran. on. Yes, Americans care about affordability. And  once those big beautiful bill act cuts come in in. into Medicaid, into rural hospitals, into the  very hospitals across the south in particular, where a lot of Trump voters were in 2024, in  2020, and in 2020, and 2016, those are going. to hit really hard. The one thing that I think  came across in this presidential election that.

I think was very important was that a lot of the  issues that people considered ultra progressivism. and crazy in the we just a few years ago no longer  seem as such because a lot of people need a lot of. help right now. I don't like what Overton window  shift, by the way. That's not a good thing. Right. The Overton window has shifted on the definition  of anti-semitism. I think to the detriment of this. country. The Overton window has shifted on what  is like acceptable political speech on in both. directions. And that is bad. And I don't like  that the Overton window has shifted. And yes, we used to think socialism was crazy and now  all the kids want socialism because they're. frustrated and pissed off. And I get that. Well,  they're unemployed and they're impoverished and.

they can't afford housing. I think that hold I I  listen Abdul say is a such a master at um media. and taunting Trump and I almost think it's a game  respects game. So yeah. Okay. So he's called uh. Donald Trump dumb. Well, Donald Trump called him a  jihadist. So I think Abdul say is well entitled to. call Trump dumb. But he's also right preying  on the things on Trump's characteristics. He.

loves everything gold. He loves to name everything  about himself. He has this this thing with Obama, right? And Obama cared this. I Obama lives  rentree in Trump's head. So, let's do this. So I you know I think he's kind of bringing all  of this up and it's rather fun and I think you're. going to see in Abdul El Say in these next two  years while Trump is in office the most vocal, youthful, energetic and effective spokesperson  using taunts and using modern lingo and and he.

being so adept at social media to to to get to  Trump to poke Trump and I'm enjoying it immensely.