“The race for speaker may seem like inside baseball to many, but House Republicans are undoubtedly weighing how their choice of a leader could help — or hurt — their chance for keeping their thin majority after the 2024 elections,” Politico reports.
“And as Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) battles Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) for the top gavel, Jordan’s backers have some new data that may give them something to brag about: signs that swing-district voters aren’t significantly alienated by the Ohioan’s conservative record.
”“A new poll from National Public Affairs, showed that for likely voters in 11 key swing districts, 47% would be more likely to back their current GOP representative in 2024 if they picked Jordan for speaker. Among Independents that number is 22%.”