In Reply to: We have a winner in the Iran War posted by mh on October 30, 2026 at 13:49:31
Low-engagement voters handed Trump the 2024 election. Now they support Democrats for Congress
Democrats are getting a lot of support from people who don’t usually vote.
As of mid-October, registered Democrats had cast 74.6% of the two-party early ballots from North Carolinians with no 2022 vote on record. At the same point in 2022, that group was 58.0% Democratic. In Texas, as of Oct. 30, Democratic voters in Houston who skipped 2022 are turning out at a 10-point higher rate than Republican Houstonians.
This is quite the turnaround for the Democrats. Support for low-engagement voters — including 2024 Trump voters — could be pivotal in key Senate seats next week.
Two years ago, people who don’t pay much attention to politics were the reason Donald Trump won the presidency. In our Strength In Numbers/Verasight polling, Harris actually won the more engaged three-quarters of 2024 voters, by about 3 points. But Trump won the least engaged quarter by 13 — and that was enough.