Vicepreședintele american JD Vance pune pierderile suferite de Republicani la alegerile parlamentare de la jumătatea mandatului, desfășurate marți, pe seama războiului cu Iranul.

Într-un mesaj amplu publicat miercuri pe rețelele sociale, Vance a susținut că alegătorii care l-au sprijinit pe Donald Trump în 2024 s-au întors împotriva Partidului Republican din cauza conflictului.

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was „composition”—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.

So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we’re going to shock the world? „No,” he told me. „We might do better than the…