Republicans

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ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Fox News poll shows Republican support for capitalism dropped to 61%
“July, twenty-twenty-six, Fox News poll found that 61% of Republicans view capitalism favorably down from 72% In 2019, while the share who feels strongly favorable has fallen from 54 to 41%, the share who say the system is rigged towards the wealthy has climbed…”
David Friedberg Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 1:07:00 Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up
ALL-IN Opinion
McCormick: Republicans need a strong Democratic Party to keep them honest
“Ironically, the best thing we want if we're Republicans is a strong Democratic Party that keeps Us honest and keeps us in check with good ideas, and that's not happening”
Senator Dave McCormick Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 22:43 Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner
ALL-IN Disclosure
Marc Benioff states he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican
“I'm not a Democrat or Republican. I am an American.”
Marc Benioff May 15, 2026 ▶ 0:52 Trump-Xi Summit, Benioff: "Not My First SaaSpocalypse," OpenAI vs Apple, Multi-Sensory AI, El Niño
ALL-IN Opinion
Fetterman says Republicans and MAGA supporters are not Nazis or fascists
“They're not Nazis. They're not fascists. They're not trying to destroy our country.”
John Fetterman Mar 18, 2026 ▶ 8:32 John Fetterman: 'I'm the Only Democrat in Congress Saying This'
ALL-IN Opinion
Chamath: Anthropic lost Republicans and will lose progressive Democrats too
“It's clear that Anthropic just lost all the Republicans, but I think that if they think that they have the Democrats, that's fleeting as well, because I think progressive Democrats Fundamentally just hate Silicon Valley and technology. And so there's no way th…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 1:01:13 War with Iran + Pentagon vs Anthropic with Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
Clegg: Partisan disagreement on state preemption stalled tech regulation, not lobbying
“I often found that the reasons why there was no consensus across, across the aisle on issues had less to do with who's gone on their fishing retreat or their golf weekend, but more to do with deep differences between Republicans, Democrats on state preemption,…”
Sir Nick Clegg Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 52:07 Can We Trust Silicon Valley With Superintelligence? — With Nick Clegg
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: Republicans must navigate housing affordability to win midterms
“I think that this is the keystone topic that has to be navigated correctly for the Republicans to win the midterms.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 14, 2025 ▶ 22:38 Home Affordability Crisis, Palantir's Advantage, Big Short on AI, H-1B Abuse, Solar Storm Hits Earth
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Socialists will take over in three years without Republican results
“Otherwise these socialists are going to take over in three years.”
David Sacks Nov 7, 2025 ▶ 1:13:50 Does OpenAI Need a Bailout? Mamdani Wins, Socialism Rising, Filibuster Nuclear Option
ALL-IN Opinion
Buttigieg: Tech leaders supported Republicans over short-term financial interests
“Many of them feel their short-term business interests or personal financial interests are better served by Republicans.”
Pete Buttigieg Oct 30, 2025 ▶ 4:08 Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Democrats will shellack Republicans in midterms if tactics continue
“The Democrats are going to shellack the Republicans in the midterms if this continues.”
Jason Calacanis Oct 10, 2025 ▶ 28:57 Trump Brokers Gaza Peace Deal, National Guard in Chicago, OpenAI/AMD, AI Roundtripping, Gold Rally
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Republicans likely won't limit executive emergency powers under Trump
“Depending on what the Supreme Court does or doesn't do, I think it is going to catalyze a legislative push, and the Republicans are likely not going to embrace it, this presidency or this term, because President Trump is in office.”
David Friedberg Sep 7, 2025 ▶ 39:28 Inside the White House Tech Dinner, Weak Jobs Report, Tariffs Court Challenge, Google Wins Antitrust
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Contradicted
Schmitt: 18 to 24 Year Olds Vote Republican More Than Past Generations
“And I also think you'd look at younger voters right now, especially, you know, 18 to 24 year olds who live through these dark, crazy times. They're, I mean, they're the most conservative, or they vote Republican more than any generation previous to them, becau…”
Senator Eric Schmitt Aug 29, 2025 ▶ 16:51 Senator Exposes America’s Biggest Censorship Scandal · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Republicans permitted mass immigration to secure cheap labor
“Our government allowed millions of people here, and the Republicans did this specifically in order to get cheap labor.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 38:02 Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
ALL-IN Opinion
Sacks: Republicans commit political suicide if they fail to pass reconciliation bill
“I think that Republicans would be committing political suicide if they don't.”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 1:22:55 Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sen. Johnson: Republicans risk losing House and Senate by ignoring spending
“Listen, I'm not, I don't discount the fact that we may lose the House, we may lose the Senate, but I would say we do that because we're not solving these problems. We're going to be looked at as unserious.”
Senator Ron Johnson May 25, 2025 ▶ 53:53 Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview
TBPN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Means: Both parties will compete over who is more MAHA in 2028
“If those voters can help Republicans, which is my hope in the midterms, I think you have 2028 where both sides are basically arguing who's more maha, which I think is a positive thing.”
Calley Means Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 30:34 The Real Cost of Ultra-Processed Food | Calley Means on TBPN
SOURCERY Assertion Not checkable as stated
Josephs: Autopilot is bipartisan and targets more Republicans than Democrats
“We are very bipartisan. We call out more Republicans probably than Democrats, but we just have the Pelosi tracker name.”
Chris Josephs Apr 18, 2025 ▶ 1:03:50 Inside the $350M Pelosi Stock Tracker · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
CATALYST Assertion Partly supported
Johnson: 90% of tax credit projects sit in Republican-held congressional districts
“People are looking at 90% of projects with, that are benefiting from the credits being in districts that are represented by Republicans.”
Alfred Johnson Mar 21, 2025 ▶ 11:18 Frontier Forum: How tax credit transfers are reshaping energy finance
ALL-IN Opinion
Andrew Schulz: Republicans message far better than Democrats due to clearer slogans
“I think this is what Republicans are doing way better than Democrats right now is like Democrats don't have build the wall. They don't have slogans. They don't have things that immediately tap into like core emotional feeling”
Andrew Schulz Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 30:47 Fixing the American Dream with Andrew Schulz
GREEN BLUEPRINT Prediction Partly held up
Shah: Republicans will pass Trump tax cuts bill and flip five Democrats
“Like, if you think that the Republicans on the Hill are not going to pass a bill that actually extends the Trump tax cuts, like, you're nuts. And if you think that it's not going to be super easy to peel off five Democrats to vote for it, Just by giving them, …”
Jigar Shah Feb 19, 2025 ▶ 28:49 Open Circuit: Jigar, Katherine, and Stephen are back
ALL-IN Opinion
Dalio: US is financially better off under Trump than Biden
“Yes, I do believe we are in the financial context, because in terms of profitability and the likelihood of cutting, I think the Republicans are probably more likely to make these moves than the Democrats, but you also have to take into consideration the impact…”
Ray Dalio Jan 28, 2025 ▶ 55:35 Ray Dalio: US Debt Spiral, How to Avoid Disaster | The All-In Interview
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cruz: All Democrats and half of Republicans vote for major spending bills
“On any big spending bill, you unfortunately have a bipartisan coalition in favor of spending. You have essentially all the Democrats and about half the Republicans.”
Senator Ted Cruz Jan 19, 2025 ▶ 32:17 Ted Cruz: Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland
TBPN Opinion
Coogan: Derek Guy is a left-wing political project
“There's a huge market for the conservative menswear guy. Cause the current menswear guy, Derek is like, He only targets Republicans and he's just clearly very left-wing. He's like more of a political project than like actually.”
John Coogan Jan 8, 2025 ▶ 7:59 How to WIN in 2025? (INSANE Predictions List)
CATALYST Insight
Scheyder: Republicans view critical minerals as national security, Democrats as climate
“I think Republicans and Democrats look at the critical minerals issue with the same end goal in mind, but they sort of take two different paths to get there. Republicans tend to look at this issue from a national security lens. Democrats tend to try to look at…”
Ernest Scheyder Jan 2, 2025 ▶ 29:32 Lithium’s wild ride
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Republicans could maintain an electoral majority long-term
“If those people stay in control, I think that the Republicans could have an electoral majority as far as the eye can see.”
David Sacks Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 27:08 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Don Jr.: Only 4 of 100,000 Republicans surveyed named Ukraine top issue
“And since the Ukraine war broke out, I've surveyed Republicans when I speak. If it's 500 people here, 5000 people there you know, I've surveyed over a 100,000 people live in real time where I'll give them the mic. And so far of about a 100,000, maybe a little …”
Donald Trump Jr. Nov 6, 2024 ▶ 6:52 2024 Election Night Livestream with the Besties!
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Sacks: Republican early voting in Pennsylvania is up 500,000 over 2020
“It looks like the early voting in Pennsylvania is trending 500,000 votes better For Republicans in the early voting than four years ago.”
David Sacks Nov 1, 2024 ▶ 1:09:35 Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Supported
Lonsdale: 80% of Republicans sympathize with Israel, versus 35% of Democrats
“In the latest Gallup polling, I don't know if you saw, 35% of Democrats sympathize with Israel, 43% sympathize with the Palestinians. Meanwhile, 80% of Republicans sympathize with Israel.”
Joe Lonsdale Oct 18, 2024 ▶ 26:53 Jonathan Greenblatt on Ta-Nehisi Coates, CRT, and woke politics · Joe Lonsdale
Galloway: Mobile phone voting will not happen because higher turnout favors Democrats
“Voting on phones. But it's not gonna happen because it would be detrimental. It would benefit Democrats. Because when the number of people voting goes up, it's good for Democratic candidates, and the number of people going, voting goes down, it's good for Repu…”
Scott Galloway Oct 17, 2024 ▶ 28:38 Scott Galloway: Unfiltered lessons for business and life | Masters of Scale
ALL-IN Opinion
Mearsheimer: Republicans and Democrats are foreign policy 'Tweedledee and Tweedledum'
“No, I like to refer to the Republicans and the Democrats as Tweedledee and Tweedledum. There's hardly any difference.”
John Mearsheimer Sep 16, 2024 ▶ 2:54 Deep State, Hegemony & U.S. Foreign Policy: John Mearsheimer vs. Jeffrey Sachs | All-In Summit
ALL-IN Disclosure
Megyn Kelly reveals she voted Democrat four times and Republican four times
“I'm a registered independent. I voted in eight presidential elections. I voted Democrat four times and Republican four.”
Megyn Kelly Sep 12, 2024 ▶ 15:22 Megyn Kelly | All-In Summit 2024
ALL-IN Insight
Vance: Low GDP growth drives political dysfunction in the US
“When the economy is growing four, five, six percent a year, then Democrats can kind of get what they want, Republicans can kind of get what they want, and it all makes sense. If the economy is growing between zero and one percent a year, then I think it makes …”
JD Vance Sep 10, 2024 ▶ 4:24 JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks predicts Republicans will support breaking up Google
“And I think Republicans will be on board with that because frankly, Google's a threat to democracy.”
David Sacks Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 1:01:32 Yen Carry Trade, Recession odds grow, Buffett cash pile, Google ruled monopoly, Kamala picks Walz
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Contradicted
Raskin: Democrats overestimate Republican anti-Muslim sentiment by 70 points
“If you ask Democrats what percentage of Republicans think all Muslims are bad, Democrats will estimate it's like 85%, but if you actually ask Republicans, it's less than 15%,”
Aza Raskin Jul 9, 2024 ▶ 9:50 Reid Hoffman & Aza Raskin on translating animal speech with AI | Masters of Scale
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Expanding Supreme Court seats will trigger escalating court-packing by Republicans
“You try to increase that to 13, then the next time the Republicans have control, they're going to increase it to 15 or 21 or whatever, and pretty soon we're going to have a hundred justices on the court.”
David Sacks Jul 4, 2024 ▶ 59:38 Hot Swap growing, donors revolt, President Kamala? SCOTUS breakdown: Immunity, Chevron, Censorship
Domenech: Universal permitting reform benefits clean energy innovators most
“Republicans approach permitting as a, this should be across the board and fair for everyone. I say this as the person who negotiated the last permitting deal. We want to make this the most fair environment for every person who wants to build in America, which …”
Emily Domenech Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 28:24 Political Climate: Is the IRA under political threat?
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Republican administration will not significantly reopen big tech M&A
“I think the Democrats and the Republicans are really well aligned here. They don't like deals, and I don't think you're going to see a big sea change. They hate big tech for different reasons, but they equally want to slow them down.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Apr 5, 2024 ▶ 45:15 E173: Google buying HubSpot? FTX depositors not made whole, AI job fears, Ukraine joining NATO
20VC Opinion
Dixon: Crypto regulatory impact depends on agency appointments over political party
“I think that, like, generally Trump, I don't know, but like Republicans tend to skew more, you know, kind of pro-business, and so there's some, but it ultimately really comes down to the specific people they choose to run these agencies.”
Chris Dixon Mar 27, 2024 ▶ 45:32 Chris Dixon: Who Will Win the Next Generation of Venture? | E1132 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Repealing Section 230 will backfire on Republicans
“My point is, I think Republicans at the end of the day are going to regret that, because if you remove Section two 30, it's going to open up this flood of litigation.”
David Sacks Feb 2, 2024 ▶ 27:08 E164: Zuck’s Senate apology, Elon's comp package voided, crony capitalism, Reddit IPO, drone attack
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath: Good chance Republicans force temporary budget cuts in upcoming shutdown
“There's a good chance that Will, the Republicans will force some momentary temporary budget cuts in this next couple of weeks shutdown.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 6, 2024 ▶ 1:25:30 E160: 2024 Predictions! Markets, tech, politics, and more
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Republicans will keep losing elections while abortion remains a key issue
“And as long as that issue is in the forefront, Republicans are going to lose.”
David Sacks Nov 11, 2023 ▶ 1:09:27 Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
ALL-IN Opinion
Friedberg: Hispanic voters shift Republican over immigration process fairness
“What you're saying is exactly why the Hispanic population, the Hispanic citizens of the United States are increasingly voting Republican.”
David Friedberg Jul 9, 2023 ▶ 1:15:22 E136: Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration, balloon farce, heart health
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Republican support for US aid to Ukraine is falling rapidly
“The neocons and Republicans are dropping their support for this at a pretty precipitous rate, which is predictable.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 24, 2023 ▶ 19:16 E134: Ukraine counteroffensive, China tensions, COVID Patient Zero, RFK Jr reaction & more
GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Supported
Lacey: Texas leads the US in wind and solar under 20-year GOP control
“Texas is a state where Republicans dominate every part of government. The governor's office, secretary of state, attorney general, both legislative chambers. It's been that way for two decades. It also happens to be a state with the most wind and utility scale…”
Stephen Lacey Jun 1, 2023 ▶ 3:46 Why Texas Republicans are trying to crush wind and solar
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
VandeHei: First to report Republican secret basement meetings regarding Clinton impeachment
“I was the first person back then to report that Republicans were meeting secretly in the basement. And trying of the capital and trying to move money from a slush fund to lay the groundwork to impeach Clinton.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 19:25 Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks predicts any Republican proposing entitlement reform will unequivocally lose
“Any smart Republican is going to take entitlement reform off the table because it is a total third rail. And they will lose.”
David Sacks Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 1:37:24 E115: The AI Search Wars: Google vs. Microsoft, Nordstream report, State of the Union
ALL-IN Disclosure
Calacanis supports Republicans voting no on raising the US debt ceiling
“Yeah, I actually do. I think we should start pumping the brakes on spending, and I do think the Tea Party, now that doesn't mean I like those candidates, they're kind of whack jobs, actually.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 20, 2023 ▶ 13:47 E112: Is Davos a grift? Plus: globalist mishaps, debt ceilings, TikTok's endgame & more
AMERICAN OPTIMIST Assertion Contradicted
Yang: Two-thirds of young Americans do not identify with major parties
“Two-thirds of young people don't consider themselves either Republicans or Democrats.”
Andrew Yang Jan 11, 2023 ▶ 31:36 Andrew Yang Will Change How You Think About Politics · Joe Lonsdale
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Republicans will lose elections if they insist on total abortion bans
“I don't think, you know, banning abortion entirely a total abolition is going to work for this country. I think Republicans will lose elections if they insist on that.”
David Sacks Dec 3, 2022 ▶ 57:23 E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
a16z Assertion Partly supported
Balaji: 96% of Democrats marry within their own political party
“One way of thinking about it is something like 96% of Democrats marry other Democrats. Only four percent marry Republicans, ok?”
Balaji Srinivasan Nov 16, 2022 ▶ 2:44:57 The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Sacks: Republicans will lose 2022 Georgia runoff if Trump antics continue
“I think we're going to lose the Georgia runoff again if Trump continues with these antics.”
David Sacks Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 16:48 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
BIG TECHNOLOGY Assertion Partly supported
Kosloff: Blake Masters Softened Abortion Platform With Zero Conservative Backlash
“Blake Masters in June deletes pretty extreme abortion language from his website just instantly. And other than a few random Twitter users, there's zero backlash on the right.”
Marshall Kosloff Nov 6, 2022 ▶ 15:41 Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff on Midterms, Trump, Economy, and Ukraine
BIG TECHNOLOGY Prediction Didn’t hold up
Enjeti predicts Republicans will win exactly 53 Senate seats in 2022
“It's easy. 53 seats in the Senate for Republicans. I think they sweep and win every single contestable one, including the Nevada.”
Saagar Enjeti Nov 6, 2022 ▶ 42:21 Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff on Midterms, Trump, Economy, and Ukraine
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Sacks: Congressional Republicans will focus on investigations rather than legislation
“The other thing that's going to happen is Republicans may not be able to pass much legislation, but they're going to be able to do investigations.”
David Sacks Nov 5, 2022 ▶ 59:12 E103: Tech layoffs surge, big tech freezes hiring, optimizing for profits, election preview & more
ALL-IN What-if
Sacks: Republican support for CHIPS and infrastructure enabled the Inflation Reduction Act
“Basically the Republicans foolishly Went along with infrastructure and with the CHIPS Act, they should have forced Biden to use up reconciliation on one of those bills, and then they wouldn't have been able to get through the seven hundred fifty billion inflat…”
David Sacks Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 1:05:59 E93: Twitter whistleblower, cloud security vulnerabilities, student debt forgiveness & more
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Sacks: Republicans will likely win the House in 2022 midterms
“I think what's likely to happen in November is still that the Republicans win one of the chambers, probably the house.”
David Sacks Aug 26, 2022 ▶ 1:06:40 E93: Twitter whistleblower, cloud security vulnerabilities, student debt forgiveness & more
ALL-IN Prediction Held up
Sacks: Republicans will win control of the House
“Well, the Republicans are going to win the house at least.”
David Sacks Jul 22, 2022 ▶ 47:44 E88: First principle politics, China chaos & outlook, state of private/public markets & more
ALL-IN Opinion
Sacks: Republicans only emphasize spending discipline under Democratic presidents
“For sure, and Republicans only seem to find their principles on spending when there's a Democrat in the White House.”
David Sacks Jun 24, 2022 ▶ 16:19 E84: Markets update, crypto collapse, Russia/Ukraine endgame, state of the podcast
ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Democrats now represent professional elites while Republicans become populist working-class
“Historically the Democrats were the party of the working class. They are now much more the party of the professional class. And they buy into the belief set of sort of the college educated, the, you know, the, those sort of, you call it the woke sensibility. A…”
David Sacks Jun 2, 2022 ▶ 26:05 #AIS: Joe Lonsdale on the problem with higher education
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Republicans will fail on gun policy due to constitutional absolutism
“The Republicans will not make any progress because they become sort of very binary, adamant absolutists about constitutional rights and the interpretation of that right in a very specific way.”
Chamath Palihapitiya May 27, 2022 ▶ 1:14:08 E83: Market slide continues, and how to address Uvalde

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