Oct 4, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min · 17 segments
Matt digs into the latest midterm developments, the controversy surrounding the Cornell 7, the NJ-7 congressional debate, and the other biggest regional political stories making news right now…
Matt RooneyHostJ.D. LongoGuestDamon GaldoGuest
He has his finger on the pulse of what's happening in our country this fall, including the battle against socialism which is becoming more dire by the day um here's a here's a fun factoid for you as a fellow new jersey and andrew in the month of september in the great garden state more socialists registered to vote than republicans Democrats added a net of 2,745 registered voters in the month of September 2026, the second to last full month before the midterm elections come to their dramatic conclusion.

Now, that's net, obviously, because people die, people get removed from their roles.

I mean, in New Jersey, who the hell knows what's accurate here, since Mikey Sherrill has not suspended voters.

So people are still walking into the MVCs, probably in many cases, non-citizens or illegals, and they could still be on there for all we know.

But at least according to their official numbers, nearly 3,000 new registered Democrats, Republicans only gained 141. which is a hell of a drop and a reversal of the trend that we saw for much of the Biden administration in the early days of the Trump administration, where Republicans were actually outpacing Democrats and cutting into their once mighty one million registered voter strong advantage across the great guarded state.

But I think that this latest data, to the extent you can believe it, does tell you a bit of a story.

which is that right now Republicans face an enthusiasm gap with Democrats in many places.

In New Jersey, I think some of it's because they got the stuffing knocked out of them in election 2025.

However, with that being said, there's no doubt that right now, The momentum is with the wackiest fringe of the Democrat Party, which is rapidly consuming the rest of the Democrat Party.

I don't necessarily think that many people, Andrew, are being converted to socialism.

I think what you've got is some young people who are less ideological than their predecessor generations, who want to move out of their parents' basement, want to be able to afford life.

Things have not gotten affordable enough quick enough for them, and they're going for whoever's making the most attractive promises.

And I want to talk to JD about that when he joins us in just a little bit, being a millennial mayor of a college town right in Pennsylvania.

He has his finger on the pulse of what's happening in our country this fall, including the battle against socialism which is becoming more dire by the day um here's a here's a fun factoid for you as a fellow new jersey and andrew in the month of september in the great garden state more socialists registered to vote than republicans Democrats added a net of 2,745 registered voters in the month of September 2026, the second to last full month before the midterm elections come to their dramatic conclusion.

Now, that's net, obviously, because people die, people get removed from their roles.

I mean, in New Jersey, who the hell knows what's accurate here, since Mikey Sherrill has not suspended voters.

So people are still walking into the MVCs, probably in many cases, non-citizens or illegals, and they could still be on there for all we know.

But at least according to their official numbers, nearly 3,000 new registered Democrats, Republicans only gained 141. which is a hell of a drop and a reversal of the trend that we saw for much of the Biden administration in the early days of the Trump administration, where Republicans were actually outpacing Democrats and cutting into their once mighty one million registered voter strong advantage across the great guarded state.

But I think that this latest data, to the extent you can believe it, does tell you a bit of a story.

which is that right now Republicans face an enthusiasm gap with Democrats in many places.

In New Jersey, I think some of it's because they got the stuffing knocked out of them in election 2025.

However, with that being said, there's no doubt that right now, The momentum is with the wackiest fringe of the Democrat Party, which is rapidly consuming the rest of the Democrat Party.

I don't necessarily think that many people, Andrew, are being converted to socialism.

I think what you've got is some young people who are less ideological than their predecessor generations, who want to move out of their parents' basement, want to be able to afford life.

Things have not gotten affordable enough quick enough for them, and they're going for whoever's making the most attractive promises.

And I want to talk to JD about that when he joins us in just a little bit, being a millennial mayor of a college town right in Pennsylvania.
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