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Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

Today we're going to talk about Tuesday night's election results.

Was it a brutal wake-up call for Republicans?

Was it a referendum on President Trump?

Should Republicans be worried heading into the midterms?

We're going to ask Ryan Gurdowski. He is the host of the Numbers Game podcast. He is great at

breaking all of this down. We'll also talk about Zoran Mamdani's stunning victory in New York

City, electing a socialist. You know, Republicans want to make him the face of the Democrat

Party will that hold? Does it matter? Stay tuned for all of that more with Ryan Krodoski.

Well, Ryan, it's great to have you back on the podcast. I am looking forward to hearing what you have to say about Tuesday night's election results. If we should be worried, how we should be. So appreciate you making the time. Right. Thank you for having me. My fellow member of the Buck and Clay Network, so this is very exciting. Yes. We're, I guess, teammates, colleagues. I guess so. We're colleagues. I've always

wanted a colleague. I mean, Ryan, that means we're basically best friends. Is that how

it's like like stepbrothers? Did we just for some best friends? All right. So Tuesday night, Ryan,

not a great night for Republicans, obviously. I guess big takeaways from Tuesday night. How do you read it? Looking at the tea leaves. What do they tell us?

Well, part of it was a simple calculation of voter enthusiasm. So like in New Jersey, and I just got these numbers, about 21% of all

registered Republicans came out and vote in New Jersey, while around 27% of, sorry, I'll take that

back. 21% of all registered vote, people who came out were Republicans versus about 27% who

were Democrats.

And in Virginia, it was close to 30 percent while Republicans were around 22 percent.

So a big part of it was just voter turnout, which happens normally, right?

There have been four elections in Virginia and New, where there was a Republican president since the

year 2000. And three of those four elections, including last Tuesday, the Democrat got 56%.

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