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Longwell points to missing Republican voters in midterm losses

On MS NOW, Sarah Longwell tells Nicolle Wallace that depressed Republican turnout and defections by independents both matter to the election's outcome.

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0:01Jesse Watters asks how Republicans can regain young men; Tim Pool says some want to punish the party.
1:27Longwell reads preliminary results as a combination of depressed Republican turnout and independent and Hispanic movement toward Democrats.
2:40Longwell argues that unexpected shifts in Texas challenge established assumptions about future electoral maps.
4:47The panel identifies economic concerns and immigration policy as Republican vulnerabilities among Hispanic and rural voters.
7:10Longwell criticizes conservatives attempting a moderate rebrand after previously defending Trump.

Republicans need to understand who stayed home, not just who changed sides. That is Sarah Longwell's central argument in an MS NOW post-election discussion with Nicolle Wallace.

The Deadline: White House segment opens with Fox News footage of Jesse Watters asking how Republicans can win back young men. Tim Pool offers a blunt explanation: some want to punish the party. Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, broadens the question beyond that demographic.

"Republican voters didn't turn out," she says, citing preliminary election data. Her reading combines weaker Republican participation with independent and Hispanic voters moving toward Democrats. Those are different problems for a party trying to understand its losses: persuading former supporters to return does not necessarily bring disengaged voters to the polls.

Texas supplies her most striking example of assumptions being unsettled. Longwell argues that the results there change how both parties should think about future electoral maps, rather than treating longstanding Republican strength as a given.

The conversation also examines economic concerns and immigration policy, which Longwell identifies as reasons Republicans struggled to retain Hispanic and rural voters. These are the panel's explanations of the result, not conclusions from a completed election study.

The clip drew about 564,000 views since yesterday. Its closing discussion turns from voters to political figures: Longwell challenges conservatives seeking to present themselves as moderates after previously defending Trump.

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