A political consultant says it has been a "very bad month" for the Republican Party.
Rick Wilson believes a series of election losses earlier this month is a sign of "harm" being done to the base of the political party. Speaking with Molly Jong-Fast, Wilson suggested the changes seen as a result of this month's elections will damage the core of the Republican Party.
He said, "Their own pollsters are telling them, 'this has been really bad for you guys' because it has been. This has been a very bad month and change for the Republican Party because, you know, the harm being done to poor people is not the point. The harm being done to their own base is the point. And there's been a lot of harm done to their own base."
Democratic candidates secured key wins in the New York mayoral election and governor races in Virginia and New Jersey earlier this month. The succession of victories prompted Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin to say the party has the "momentum" to make real change in the midterms next year.
Martin declared Democrats are "back and we're winning."
"We've got the momentum going into the midterm elections," he proclaimed.
Even Republicans believe they could be in trouble with the midterms next year. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested the Republican Party could lose the House if they don't improve living conditions for working-class Americans.
She told Semafor, "I can't see into the future, but I see Republicans losing the House if Americans are continuing to go paycheck-to-paycheck." It's a concern Wilson picked up on, with the political analyst telling Jong-Fast that there is real change happening in voting intention across the country.
He said, "This breakdown of fundamental voter behaviour with these governor's races, all with that through line of economics, Republicans had locked that thing up with Trump for such a long time. That thing of 'oh, Trump's good on the economy. Trump's the economy president. Trump's the guy who's going to make the economy hum again.'
"Those things are now gone because people know he's not going to do anything for the economy. He's not going to help people survive. He's not going to help people prosper. He's helping his buddies. He's building a ballroom." Wilson went on to say this new platform of economic improvements is "much more terrifying to Republicans" than "culture wars".
