Democrat Angel Ramirez defeated Republican Bernie Hayes in an Iowa special election for the State House, in what the Democratic Party hailed as a “clear rebuke of Trump.”
Ramirez secured 79 percent of the vote versus Hayes’ 21 percent, according to preliminary results for the state’s 78th district in Cedar Rapids.
But turnout was just 3,470, or 17.4 percent of registered voters in the district—down sharply from the 11,168 votes in 2024.
Usually low turnout benefits the Republicans. This is potentially every Democrat coming out to vote against Trump while Republicans stayed home because they don’t like Trump anymore but can’t bring themselves to vote for a Democrat.
Didn’t you hear? Republicans don’t have to vote anymore. Their dear Orange Messiah told them they didn’t have to vote.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around that one…
The math is pretty easy, actually…
He got “voted” in, and in the next “election” he’ll receive 107% of the votes, whether Republicans cast votes or not. See? They don’t have to vote anymore, and he still “wins!”
i wish the R did more of non-voting, they did more harm by voting for republicans in general.
It it’s like the other recent votes, it’s actually republicans turning out to vote for democrats. I think both Florida and Michigan(?) had less democrats and more republicans turning out, meaning that republicans are turning on the party.