Conservative Host Warns MAGA Voters Could Sit Out 2026 Elections

Conservative talking head Michael Savage is warning that MAGA voters could end up sitting out the 2026 midterm elections over their dissatisfaction with Donald Trump. Savage isn’t the first person to bring up this point, and we’ll likely hear a lot more about it over the next year, but it is a very real concern that conservatives have right now. Even with their lagging poll numbers, Democratic voters are still FAR more enthusiastic about voting in 2026, so a strong liberal turnout combined with a lower conservative turnout could easily change the leadership in DC. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

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Let's be completely honest about something upfront. The Democratic party's poll numbers are in the toilet. In fact, the Democratic Party has a lower approval rating, a higher disapproval rating than both Donald Trump and the Republican Party. So the Democrats are not looking good as we head into next year's midterm elections. So knowing that it may come as a surprise to also know that the Democrats are favored to retake the house and make significant gains in next year's midterms, doesn't seem to make any sense, right? Not to mention the fact that polls also show that democratic voters are far more enthusiastic and energized about voting next year than Republican voters. So how can you hate your own party but be super excited to vote for them next year? Well, it's not just that Democrats are gonna make big gains, it's that Republicans are gonna suffer major losses.

And I'm not talking about in the races I am talking about in voter turnout and conservative talk radio host Michael Savage warned Donald Trump and the Republican party this week that because he is alienating MAGA Donald Trump is going to cause scores of Republican voters to sit out next year's elections. Here's what Savage had to say. Trump voters who I spoke with say this. He has alienated them. Uh, he then said that, uh, Trump has alienated his core supporters by escalating instead of diffusing the Russia Ukraine conflict, backing a bloated pork barrel, spending package in Congress and targeting tech billionaire, Elon Musk Savage also denounced Trump's dismissing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who refused to back down. Uh, he accepted a plane from guitar, which could cost nearly $1 billion in renovations. He's also criticized the construction of a quote, gilded ballroom at the White House.

And he went on to say that Trump voters that he spoke with, quote, will not vote for a dim, but may sit out the next election in protest. Now, Michael Savage is not a prophet, and Michael Savage is not even close to being the first person to say this. I have been saying this for several months now. Other conservative talkers have also said this long before Savage even had the idea pop into his head. Uh, Candace Owens has said it. Tucker Carlson has said it. Pollsters have said it. Analysts have said it. Republican strategists have said it. Democratic strategists have said it, and that is that MAGA will sit out. Now, here's the catch. The vast majority of maga, and I'm talking about well over 90% is not gonna sit out the election, but you don't have to have 50% sit out,

2%, 5%. I did see one Republican strategist suggest maybe even 10%, but I think that's wishful thinking. But even small percentages, considering how close a lot of races end up being, small percentages of voters not showing up, makes all the difference in the world. I mean, when we have races where Republican wins by half a percentage point, if they lost two or 3% of their support, they're losers. They're not in the House of Representatives, they're not in the Senate, they're gone. So yes, small percentages matter. And when you have, you know, an extra one to 2% of Democrats showing up, two to 3% of Republicans not showing up, suddenly you're looking at a five point gap in what typically is a one point gap race. All of this matters. All of this comes into play, and we will see what happens in next year's midterms.