Karl Rove Admits Florida Gerrymander May Come Back To Bite Republicans
You're not going to hear what he really thinks while he's spewing happy talk on their propaganda network, but Rove admitted the latest attempt by Republicans to rig the midterms in their favor may come back to bite them.
Republicans have been getting beaten badly in elections across the country, or even if they're winning, there have been huge swings in Democrats' favor. As Brookings reported:
In every special election held to date, Republicans lost ground compared to their 2024 results, even in districts they won. Conversely, Democrats improved upon their 2024 vote shares in every race they won. [...]
To date, 12 state legislative seats have flipped from Republican to Democratic control in special elections. When accounting for Democratic gains in the 2025 off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey, the total number of flips from Republican to Democratic is 30. By contrast, no seats have flipped in the opposite direction. Democrats have overperformed by 4.5 percentage points on average.