Bannon laments Republican slide among men after midterms expose party weakness
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Steve Bannon said exit-poll data showing Republicans with only a razor-thin lead among men reveals a deeper crisis for the party after Democrats took control of both chambers.
Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist and host of the War Room podcast, reacted to midterm exit-poll results that showed Republicans barely ahead among male voters. The figures, attributed to NBC News, put men at 49 percent Republican to 48 percent Democratic, a steep decline from the 12-point advantage the president enjoyed among men in the 2024 election.
"That can’t be right," Bannon said during a Real America’s Voice broadcast after hearing the numbers.
He said the shift could carry serious consequences for a Republican Party already struggling to hold its coalition together.
"That’s a massive problem. That will roll through and have consequences," Bannon said.
Analyses of the same exit polls by the Wall Street Journal reported the GOP’s advantage among men narrowed to just one percentage point. The elections left Democrats in control of both the House and Senate, giving them oversight authority for the remainder of the president’s term.
Earlier in the campaign, Bannon warned that losing the congressional majority could expose the administration to investigations and possible impeachment. He also suggested a defeat could deepen the internal fight inside the Republican Party between MAGA supporters and traditional party leaders.