Trump advisor and battleground-state pollster Steve Cortes joins Jenny Beth Martin for a must-watch, data-packed breakdown of exactly where the 2026 midterm electorate stands and how Republicans can win it.
Steve is a former senior advisor to the Trump-Vance 2024 presidential campaign, a 25-year veteran bond trader, a Newsmax and Real America's Voice commentator, and one of the most widely cited pollsters in the America First movement.
What you'll learn in this episode:
• Why the economy remains the #1 voter issue and why Republicans now own it (fair or not)
• The polling truth behind Trump's voluntary-departure immigration policy and the 80% support number
• Why DHS funding is the hidden bottleneck on deportations
• What Wisconsin voters really think about Minnesota-style sanctuary policies
• Jenny Beth's eyewitness Atlanta airport ICE story
• Why 'golden age' messaging backfires on working-class Americans
• The fiscal conservative case against the Big Beautiful Bill and $39 trillion in debt
• How Republicans can finally own education in 2026 (and the Rahm Emanuel admission nobody expected)
• The DEI, BLM, and race radicalism backlash
• Concrete get-out-the-vote action items for grassroots activists
Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and urge your senators to pass the SAVE America Act. Take action at passthesaveamericaact.com.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 — Open and Save America Act CTA
02:16 — Meet Steve Cortes
02:29 — The #1 issue driving 2026 voters
05:46 — 80% support for deportations when policy is explained
09:41 — DHS funding and the deportation shortfall
13:32 — Jenny Beth at the Atlanta airport: ICE in action
15:20 — Kitchen table reality and real wages
19:44 — $39 trillion debt and the Big Beautiful Bill
24:05 — Why 'golden age' messaging is a mistake
26:43 — Education: the GOP's new winning issue
29:11 — Rahm Emanuel admits Democrats lost the plot
33:00 — Jenny Beth's 'old dead white men' school story
39:52 — DEI, BLM, and the race radicalism backlash
45:37 — Motivating low-propensity Republican voters
51:04 — Action items for grassroots activists
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