Nate Cohn looks at the votes and concludes that: 40 percent of House GOP members unconditionally supported Jordan; 50 percent were open to, or preferred, other choices, but would acquiesce to Jordan; and 10 percent would not vote for him under any circumstances. Are these numbers significant? Are they representative of the GOP as a whole?
Yes, because they are completely consistent with Trump’s polling numbers, and Jordan is a surrogate for Trump. If you’re a moderate Republican, and you can’t stand the MAGA crowd, you can’t win without uniting the other voters.
The difference between Jordan and Trump, however, is that Jordan needed unanimity in the GOP caucus to get elected. We won’t be so lucky in the primaries.