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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It's a Numbers Game: The Numbers Behind the 2026 Midterms: Trump Voters, Swing States & the Senate Map

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.511.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What will decide the 2026 midterm elections? The numbers behind the voters may hold the answer. Ryan is joined by Jessica Anderson, President of Sentinel Action Fund, to break down new multi-state focus groups examining voters in key battlegrounds including Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Maine. The study reveals major differences between low-propensity Trump voters and critical swing voters—and why Republicans need both groups to win in a midterm environment.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.7

Welcome back to a numbers game with Ryan Gurdowski.

0:08.8

Thank you guys for being here.

0:09.7

Happy Monday, everybody.

0:11.0

I have some fresh polling information I want to break down, some data you want to know about.

0:15.2

So let's get right into it.

0:16.3

We have a special guest also who has run focus groups in every important swing state where there's a U.S.

0:22.0

Senate race going on to talk about the future of the Senate. If Democrats can win, if Republicans

0:26.0

can hold it, let's get into it. First, a earthquake of a poll came out in Ohio, finding

0:32.0

Democrats are up in the Buckeye state. A state I know very well from all my time campaigning there,

0:38.1

in a lot of campaigns.

0:40.2

Ohio has, there are parts of Ohio that are lovely,

0:43.5

that are beautiful.

0:44.9

There are parts of Ohio that have been lost to time.

0:48.0

I don't know, I don't understand it.

0:50.1

I have been in Ohio sometimes where the roads are closed

0:52.9

because literal chickens are crossing the road. I have been, I did a campaign one time in Ohio sometimes where the roads are closed because literal chickens are crossing the road.

0:55.0

I have been, I did a campaign one time in Ohio, and I had a man who was like for legalizing skunk ownership.

1:04.0

It was his big passion issue.

1:06.0

Another man was carrying lawn signs and put them in the trunk of his car.

1:10.0

He had ferrets in his trunk.

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