"McClain told CNN host Jake Tapper that Republican satisfaction explains why voter turnout for the party was low. "Voter turnout from Republicans was not high. Not high at all," she said. "But I think part of that reason is because Republicans, for the most part, are happy with what's happening." She then explained success in the midterms will merely be about getting those happy Republicans out to the polls,"
""I think there's two sides of the coin that you have to take a look at. What is incumbent on us is we must make sure that we get our voters to turn out like they did in the election year. No question." Tapper mocked, "Using that argument, your voters could be so happy that the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives next year.""
GOP candidates lost ground in recent off-year elections amid notably low Republican turnout. Low turnout was attributed to widespread Republican satisfaction with the state of the country. The path to midterm success was framed as mobilizing satisfied Republican voters to vote at higher rates. The strategy emphasized replicating election-year turnout among the party's voters. A counterpoint warned that voter satisfaction can produce complacency that benefits the opposing party and could enable them to regain control of the House if satisfied voters do not turn out.
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