{"id":2362291,"date":"2024-10-31T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rod-blagojevich-predicts-trump-will-have-reaganesque-sweep-on-election-day-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T15:11:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:11:27","slug":"rod-blagojevich-predicts-trump-will-have-reaganesque-sweep-on-election-day-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rod-blagojevich-predicts-trump-will-have-reaganesque-sweep-on-election-day-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Blagojevich predicts Trump will have Reaganesque \u2018sweep\u2019 on Election Day &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frod-blagojevich-predicts-trump-will-have-reaganesque-sweep-on-election-day-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2362291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has made predictions about the upcoming \u20622024 \u2063presidential election, suggesting that Donald Trump could achieve a significant victory similar to \u200cRonald Reagan&#8217;s landslide in 1980. On the *Tucker Carlson Show*, Blagojevich analyzed the diverse\u2064 demographic support Trump has garnered in this election cycle, particularly citing a recent rally at \u2064Madison Square Garden. He claimed that if the\u2062 election\u200d is conducted fairly, Trump could potentially &#8220;sweep all battleground states,&#8221; even suggesting competitiveness in states\u200d like Virginia and Minnesota, despite \u200dthe changing \u200bdemographics\u2063 since 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich characterized \u2062himself as an &#8220;expert witness&#8221; in\u200b election analysis,\u200c drawing on his experience in \u200bmultiple competitive races. He expressed optimism about \u200dTrump&#8217;s chances while\u2064 noting that he does not expect\u200b a repeat\u2063 of Reagan\u2019s nearly total domination. Host\u2063 Tucker Carlson\u200b added that Trump appears to be \u2063more popular\u200c than\u2064 Vice President Kamala Harris, underscoring that winning\u200c swing states alone does \u2064not guarantee\u2062 a presidency. Blagojevich, who has undergone a notable political\u200b transformation since his own \u200clegal issues, has become a vocal supporter of Trump, \u200bwhile Carlson plans to join Trump for a discussion in\u2064 Arizona, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">key swing state<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rod Blagojevich predicts Trump will have Reaganesque &lsquo;sweep&rsquo; on Election Day<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1869067\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Illinois Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rod-blagojevich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rod Blagojevich\">Rod Blagojevich<\/a> shared what he thinks will happen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 presidential election<\/a>, suggesting that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> will achieve a massive victory in the same way Ronald Reagan did in 1980.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Blagojevich, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3165819\/blagojevich-harris-hiding-football-coach-trying-run-out-clock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a critic of Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> and the Democratic Party, assessed the diversity of supporters Trump received in this election cycle and at Sunday&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3206380\/at-madison-square-garden-wide-world-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Madison Square Garden rally<\/a>, all of whom come from different races and age groups. He also prefaced his assessment of the election by describing himself as &ldquo;an expert witness&rdquo; in analyzing elections, citing how he ran in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">multiple hotly contested races<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I believe if this election is run fairly, it&rsquo;s going to be a 2024 version of 1980, when the country made its choice between Reagan and Carter,&rdquo; Blagojevich said on the<em> Tucker Carlson Show<\/em> on X. &ldquo;By the first or second week of October, it started shifting and going towards Reagan, and ended up winning maybe 49 states or something. That won&rsquo;t happen now because the demographic in America is different, the ball games, those battleground states. But if I&rsquo;m right about this, Trump will sweep all of them and might be competitive in states like Virginia maybe or Minnesota even.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich foresees a fair election leading to Trump sweeping all battleground states, akin to Reagan&#8217;s 1980 landslide victory.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dc19rl9Nfu\">pic.twitter.com\/Dc19rl9Nfu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vigilant News (@VigilantNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VigilantNews\/status\/1851841908517007854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The 1980 presidential election saw Reagan beat then-President Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s reelection bid with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.270towin.com\/1980_Election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">almost 500 votes in the Electoral College<\/a>, with Carter only winning five states and Washington, D.C. In providing his prediction, Blagojevich stated he is &ldquo;very hopeful&rdquo; Trump could achieve a similar feat, joking that he was cautiously optimistic, &ldquo;as Reagan used to say.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blagojevich, who <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ekUJPxMqteY?si=aoN6-nVQM1mLigdq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">was a contestant<\/a> on the Trump-hosted NBC reality show <em>The Apprentice<\/em> in 2010, was convicted on corruption charges in 2011 for attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blagojevich-calls-harris-co-conspirator-in-hiding-bidens-mental-decline-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Blagojevich calls Harris \u2018co-conspirator\u2019 in hiding Biden\u2019s mental decline - Washington Examiner\">extort campaign donations<\/a> from a children&rsquo;s hospital, as well as attempting to sell former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a>&rsquo;s U.S. Senate seat. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1501449\/trump-commutes-prison-sentence-of-rod-blagojevich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">commuted<\/a> his 14-year sentence in February 2020, writing on social media almost eight years earlier that Blagojevich&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/180375447572463618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sentencing was<\/a> &ldquo;outrageous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In July, the former president narrowly survived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3178528\/trump-revels-in-return-to-butler-with-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania<\/a>, during which Trump raised his fist after getting up from the ground. Blagojevich contended this moment in the 2024 election &ldquo;elevated him to a very different place,&rdquo; adding that Trump is &ldquo;no longer your typical politician.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a lifelong Democrat, did eight years in federal prison. By the time he got out in 2020, his party had gone completely insane. He&rsquo;s now all in for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>(0:00) Blagojevich&rsquo;s Prison Experience<br \/>(10:10) The Left&rsquo;s Anti-Christian&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cWi5hZ4gfL\">pic.twitter.com\/cWi5hZ4gfL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1851733537600233709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Host Tucker Carlson, meanwhile, assessed that Trump is far more popular than Harris and that he would &ldquo;bet my house&rdquo; on this assessment. However, he also argued that even if Trump wins all seven swing states, it would not guarantee Trump will become the next president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carlson will be joining Trump in Arizona, one of the swing states, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3200379\/tucker-carlson-trump-hurricane-benefit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a live one-on-one discussion<\/a>, with all the funds generated from this event being donated to hurricane relief. Trump will also be visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/event.donaldjtrump.com\/events\/president-donald-j-trump-to-hold-a-rally-in-albuquerque-new-mexico?_gl=1*bu5f3b*_gcl_au*MTQ1MzA4Nzg4MS4xNzI3MzYwMDE2&amp;_ga=2.231213532.296426288.1730293857-210890170.1719515776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Mexico<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/event.donaldjtrump.com\/events\/president-donald-j-trump-to-hold-a-rally-in-henderson-nv?_gl=1*bu5f3b*_gcl_au*MTQ1MzA4Nzg4MS4xNzI3MzYwMDE2&amp;_ga=2.231213532.296426288.1730293857-210890170.1719515776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nevada<\/a> on Thursday for campaign events.<\/p>\n<p>In Virginia, a state that has not been won by a Republican presidential candidate since 2004, polling data released Monday have indicated that Trump is trailing Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3206316\/virginia-trending-trump-second-poll-shows-race-nearly-tied\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">by only 2 percentage points<\/a>. The former president is set to host a rally <a href=\"https:\/\/event.donaldjtrump.com\/events\/president-donald-j-trump-to-hold-a-rally-in-salem-virginia?_gl=1*bu5f3b*_gcl_au*MTQ1MzA4Nzg4MS4xNzI3MzYwMDE2&amp;_ga=2.231213532.296426288.1730293857-210890170.1719515776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in Salem, Virginia<\/a>, on Saturday afternoon, three days before Election Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1869067\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1869067\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rod Blagojevich predicts Trump will have a Reagan-like victory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2362292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BlagojevichTrump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33731,44105,44104,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2362291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-election-day","tag-reaganesque","tag-rod-blagojevich","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BlagojevichTrump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2362291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}