That red wave Republicans have been predicting in the fall midterm elections may end up being more like a tidal wave or a tsunami, based on new evidence. An Associated Press report finds more than one million voters switched to the Republican Party in the last year, compared to 630,000 who joined the Democrats. The AP notes the shift to the GOP was most notable in suburbs and among educated swing voters, adding that it's taking place in "virtually every region of the country."
Evidence of a Republican wave has been building for months, with President Biden historically unpopular and the GOP flipping a 150-year Democrat district in South Texas last month. "We've been expecting a red wave," says Texas GOP strategist Vlad Davidiuk. "But this report now really solidifies that red wave, and actually probably makes it much bigger."
"It's very likely now that Republicans will not only win Congress this fall, but will actually likely have significant majorities," he continues.
When it comes to who gets credit for this dramatic shift, Davidiuk says Democrats are as responsible as Republicans. "Americans have seen what the left has to offer, and it's just more of the same," he tells KTRH. "Higher gas prices, higher taxes, higher inflation, higher illegal border crossings...and Americans are sick and tired of it."
Democrats' only hope now seems to be using polarizing issues like gun control and abortion to rally their base. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's overturning Roe v. Wade, President Biden specifically called on voters to elect candidates this fall who will support abortion rights.
Davidiuk is not impressed with that strategy. "If your selling point is wanting the ability to destroy the unborn, number one that's not a very strong selling point...and number two, it's actually going against the will of the voters," he says. "That is the will of people from coast to coast who intentionally elected Republicans to all levels of government, to enact these policies and stop the radical left."