James Martin Makes Run to Flip Florida House Seat Blue

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Trump losing support in Florida as his polling numbers are severely underwater and how Democrats stand a strong chance of flipping Florida Congressional seats in the 2026 midterms and Meiselas interviews Coast Guard veteran James Martin who is running for Florida’s 21st Congressional District. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast⁠ Legal AF: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af⁠ MissTrial: ⁠https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial⁠ The PoliticsGirl Podcast: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast⁠ Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan⁠ Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen⁠ The Weekend Show: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show⁠ Burn the Boats: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats⁠ Majority 54: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54⁠ Political Beatdown: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown⁠ On Democracy with FP Wellman: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman⁠ Uncovered: ⁠https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	That right there was in Florida.
0:36.6	There's going to be a lot of competitive congressional races coming up in 2026.
0:41.2	And could these races flip blue Democrats making major inroads in Florida?
0:47.4	And there seems to be something in the air there.
0:50.0	Could they be poised to vote Democratic this time and turn some of those congressional seats
0:54.9	blue? Let's just take a look at some of the national polling in Florida where Donald Trump is
0:59.4	deeply underwater. When we take a look at this strength in numbers, Elliot Morris chart right here,
1:06.4	you see that Trump's underwater in Florida by about five points there. When you take a look at the latest economist tracker and we look at Trump's approval nationwide,
1:17.2	we're seeing in several what are considered to be deep red states, Trump is in the negative.
1:22.1	You take a look at California.
1:24.1	I mean, you take a look at Florida right here and Donald Trump is somewhere between negative 5% to negative 10%. Not quite California is what I was going to say where he's like negative 50%. But in Florida, we're talking about negative 5, negative 10% there. And when we look at what's been happening in some of those town halls, like look at Florida's's what 21st congressional district uh um you'll see right
1:46.6	here maga republican congress member bryan mast you know he's being greeted with booze and he only attended
1:53.2	this one i think this was back in april of 2025 but people weren't buying what he was selling this
1:59.3	extreme maga agenda that's hurting the people in the 21st congressional district like throughout Florida.
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