Michael P. McDonald

Are they going to go back to not voting? By the way, turnout was extraordinary.

Michael McDonald from the university of Florida is estimating a hundred, just under 125 million voters.

It'll be the second highest midterm in a hundred years.

Um, the highest was 2018.

And his latest article at The Spectator is, What Explains Haley Stevens' Despicable Betrayal of Abdel El-Sayed.

Then finally, we'll speak with Dr. Michael McDonald, a professor of political science at the University of Florida.

and the director of the University of Florida's Election Lab.

His latest book is From Pandemic to Insurrection, Voting in the 2022 U.S. Presidential Election, and he does regular voting analysis of the 2026 elections for the U.S. Election Project at michaelmcdonald.substack.com, where he has been providing the media with the latest information on voting so far in this election.

And his latest article at The Spectator is What Explains Haley Stevens' Despicable Betrayal of Abdel El-Sayed.

We're going to take a brief station break.

We're back speaking with Dr. Michael McDonald, who's been providing the media with the latest information on voting so far in this election.

You've got to give the people Give people what they want Don't just know you You've got to give the people of the world

And we're not done.

University of Florida's political scientist, Michael McDonald, says overall turnout could surpass 22.

Potentially rival 18.

The blue wave saw the highest participation rate since 1914.

Florida is also fascinating for a different reason.

One of my favorite sub stacks right now is Michael McDonald.

No, we're not talking about the Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald.

We are talking about University of Florida political scientist, Michael McDonald.

Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you.

If you like the Doobie Brothers, I have one of them.

Sorry, it's one of my favorite old Simpsons jokes, but I digress.

Michael McDonald has been terrific on all of the early vote analysis throughout the country, but he had an interesting take on Florida and a reminder.

So 21 million now is a big slice of that.

And so I called up Michael McDonald.

He's a political science professor at the University of Florida, and he also maintains the university's election lab data on early voting.

And he says voter participation is looking pretty solid.

On top of all that, Trump has badly self-owned here by spending months discouraging Republicans from voting by mail, which he now wants them to do.

So what can we say right now about early voting, both in person and by mail? We're talking about this with one of the foremost trackers of early voting out there, Professor Michael McDonald, who runs the University of Florida Election Lab.

Michael, great to have you on.

Great to be with you.

Go to michaelmcdonald.substack.com or visit the early vote dashboard at the UF Election Lab.

That's the University of Florida Election Lab.

Michael McDonald, awesome to talk to you.

Thanks so much for coming on.