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America’s ultra-rich are overwhelmingly backing Donald Trump’s Republicans in this year’s midterms, with 16 of the country’s 20 biggest donors ploughing the best part of $1bn into the campaign. These elites “have an outsized effect”, said an analyst. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/obGUcrq

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Memnon of Rhodes
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1/ The ultra-rich MAGA voters are insulated from “kitchen table issues”, so they are liberated from having to deal with any negative economic consequences for their vote. Many were bailed out after the Financial Crash (2008), and have concluded they will be fine this time too.

Memnon of Rhodes
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2/ MAGA isn't "bad economics makes me angry so I’m now going to vote for the far-right" but instead, "good economics means I can now vote for my values without any fear and my values are far-right authoritarian".

softwatches.bsky.social
@softwatches.bsky.social

Sentiment is turning, the higher the net worth, the lower the approval rating. Politicians receiving donations get infected by these negative sentiments. In the end, donations may hurt more than they help. Good thing.

Tilman
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Tech Billionaires and Crypto and Fossil Fuel Billionaires want to maintain and protect the corrupt Trump regime The aim is to permanently weaken democracy and the rule of law Democracy is dying of corruption in the open

670rv
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G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com

There's one survey methodology decision that could be causing polls to *UNDER*estimate Democrats this year, in a reversal from recent patterns www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-09-15...

gelliottmorris.comWhy polls might be underestimating *Democrats*, not RepublicansPotential bias in how voters recall voting in 2024 costs Democrats about a point of support. Surveys of registered voters might also underestimate the Democratic turnout advantage.
670rv
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Texas Senate race takes new turn post-GOP convention, poll shows Story by Mateo Rosiles, USA TODAY NETWORK A new Sept. 13 SoCal Strategies poll showed Talarico now leads Paxton 50% to 45%, a 5-point margin. showed a flip from SoCal's June poll, which had Paxton leading by 2 points.

670rv
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The SoCal September poll showed that Talarico's lead among independents grew from 10% to 45% and he is now picking up 12% of Republicans. Talarico has also expanded his advantage with Hispanic voters from 10% to 38%, and voters aged 18-29 also back Talarico by 46%.

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We took this to our graphics team, who discovered that it was referencing old data from an earlier analysis. They have now fixed the mistake and the article has been updated. Thanks so much for the great spot!