| The Midterms 2026 02:35 - Nov 4 with 9849 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Even worse for the MAGA cult than anyone could’ve predicted so far.
Republicans getting absolutely slapped. There’s states in play now that nobody even forecast were winnable. Crazy. Trumps live tweeting is going to be quite good over the coming hours.
I’d worry if I lived in Iran right now though. He’s going to do something even more batsh*t than normal isn’t he? |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 08:37 - Nov 4 | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| The Midterms 2026 on 07:43 - Nov 4 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
If they go super progressive and not centrist it won’t end well. They provided a lot of lay ups in 2024. |
Just run Jon Ossoff in 28 and they will win. |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 08:45 - Nov 4 | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| The Midterms 2026 on 08:37 - Nov 4 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
Just run Jon Ossoff in 28 and they will win. |
Yes, a pragmatic centrist/moderate would stand a very good chance you’d imagine.
Even with what happened tonight, if they go to the progressive arm of the party in ‘28, they will never win the rustbelt or purple states in two years time. [Post edited 4 Nov 8:47]
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| The Midterms 2026 on 08:48 - Nov 4 | BloomBlue |
The most important thing to remember is you don't win elections, the party in power loses it.
Trump won't be there in two years but the Republicans will.
If Democrats constantly block everything it will ultimately give the Republicans the chance to argue the Democrats weren't interested in putting the American people first and only wanted to play politics, and that will go against them in the next presidential elections.
During Biden's term if I remember correctly the Democrats did better than they feared in the midterm and that lulled them into a false sense of security and they decided to stick with Biden as their president candidate - even though a lot had already suggested he was too old. Then he went into some brain fart world during a live TV debate and they panicked and pushed him out, all too late and we ended up with Trump as a result of those poor decisions.
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| The Midterms 2026 on 08:52 - Nov 4 | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| The Midterms 2026 on 08:45 - Nov 4 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Yes, a pragmatic centrist/moderate would stand a very good chance you’d imagine.
Even with what happened tonight, if they go to the progressive arm of the party in ‘28, they will never win the rustbelt or purple states in two years time. [Post edited 4 Nov 8:47]
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Of all the progressives id see AOC as the most likely just given the fact she's been in American mainstream debate longer than most of the others, but id be amazed if she could beat Ossoff, Shapiro, Pritzker etc to the nomination even in the current Democrat party.
Whatever happens though, they need these progressives to be happy with the nom because AOC, Mamdani, AES are some of their best communicators. | |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 09:07 - Nov 4 | baxterbasics |
Americans can put up with an obnoxious administration but they do vote with their wallets. Trump pinned rising prices on the Dems and promised better to get elected. So he's just been punished by the same voters that took his word on that. "It's the economy, stupid" as Bill Clinton once said. Also a lot of Trumps own supporters wanted to see less foreign intervention and he's let them down on that. Rural voters with farming interests have been burned by his messing about with tariffs.
If the Dems want to translate this massive swing (23 to 25% across the board it seems) into presidential success too, they absolutely have to find a more centrist candidate to the right of their party. Unfortunately the primary system makes this difficult just as it does on the other side. Moderate candidates get pushed out of the race at the early stages.
Be very interesting to see if MAGA dies with Trump. Hoping traditional Republicans now find the balls to stand up to him more than they have so far. |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 09:12 - Nov 4 | Swansea_Blue |
| The Midterms 2026 on 08:29 - Nov 4 by nrb1985 |
Yes.
Albeit over the last few weeks it had become more likely than not they’d take the senate too.
Candidate quality of Trump backed senate candidates has likely been their downfall here.
House was a slam dunk as it’s basically a referendum on the president. [Post edited 4 Nov 8:30]
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| The Midterms 2026 on 09:16 - Nov 4 | Swansea_Blue |
| The Midterms 2026 on 08:34 - Nov 4 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
The House was always on the cards, that always basically happens to the sitting administration.
The Senate was considered an outside chance a year ago, to a possibility a few months ago, to the betting favorite in recent weeks.
The bigger surprise is some of these deep red states electing democratic senators. South Carolina, Kansas, that’s as Republican as it gets traditionally.
Hopefully we get a more moderate coming together.
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Ah ok thanks, so more about some of the particular States than overall surprise then. Presumably this also limits (or potentially reverses?) some of the Republican dominance in the courts too? | |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 09:41 - Nov 4 | EdwardStone |
Refreshing to know that the half billion dollars that Musk spent on trying to sway the voters appears to have counted for naught.
I know that a half billion is just " Back of the sofa" small change for Musk, but even so... |  | | |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 09:54 - Nov 4 | lowhouseblue |
can we stop pretending it's fascism yet?
in all seriousness, despite false claims of its death, the us remains a fully functional democracy with swings and reversals and check and balances. 2024's populist is now a very unpopular lame duck.
the democrats now have a chance to make themselves likeable enough, and find a credible enough candidate, so as to turn an anti-trump wave into a broad and popular presidential campaign. assuming that they're not too split. |  |
| And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 09:54 - Nov 4 | BlueBadger |
| The Midterms 2026 on 09:41 - Nov 4 by EdwardStone |
Refreshing to know that the half billion dollars that Musk spent on trying to sway the voters appears to have counted for naught.
I know that a half billion is just " Back of the sofa" small change for Musk, but even so... |
The phrase 'the banality of evil' seems tailor made for Musk. It's almost impressive that the world's wealthiest man is somehow STILL this utterly pathetic, friendless loser. |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 09:58 - Nov 4 | giant_stow |
| The Midterms 2026 on 09:41 - Nov 4 by EdwardStone |
Refreshing to know that the half billion dollars that Musk spent on trying to sway the voters appears to have counted for naught.
I know that a half billion is just " Back of the sofa" small change for Musk, but even so... |
So true - a real relief in fact. |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:05 - Nov 4 | BlueBadger |
| The Midterms 2026 on 09:54 - Nov 4 by lowhouseblue |
can we stop pretending it's fascism yet?
in all seriousness, despite false claims of its death, the us remains a fully functional democracy with swings and reversals and check and balances. 2024's populist is now a very unpopular lame duck.
the democrats now have a chance to make themselves likeable enough, and find a credible enough candidate, so as to turn an anti-trump wave into a broad and popular presidential campaign. assuming that they're not too split. |
I mean, Trump is still ultimately in charge of foreign policy and basically openly supporting Putin and Netanyahu's war crimes, the Supreme Court is still stuffed with his ringers(mean that things like the reinstatement of Wade Vs Roe, for example, will be incredibly difficult for the foreseeable future), the tide of misinformation and hate from various outlets continues to flow unchecked, Trump himself will likely escape any kind of real censure for his actions over the past decade and the Democrats will probably still find a way to learn absolutely nothing from this and field the possible candidate against JD Vance in two years time but sure, you can have your weird little gloat about this piece of semantics if you like. [Post edited 4 Nov 10:16]
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:06 - Nov 4 | Kievthegreat |
| The Midterms 2026 on 09:54 - Nov 4 by BlueBadger |
The phrase 'the banality of evil' seems tailor made for Musk. It's almost impressive that the world's wealthiest man is somehow STILL this utterly pathetic, friendless loser. |
Someone has been cataloguing all his spending failures. He's spent hundreds of millions of dollars in a bucketload of lost races.
And so we begin our election coverage with Elon's first loss.
Elon gave the max individual amount of $6,600 to MiKKKe Collins' campaign. He didn't set any money on fire in this race via Super PACs (that we know of), but we love to watch piles of his money burn no matter how small... Stay tuned! — #TeslaTakedown (@teslatakedown.com) 2026-11-04T00:38:58.099Z
He's spent $200m+ in Texas to lose every seat where he donated to a candidate (thus far), lose the senate race and lose the gubernatorial race. [Post edited 4 Nov 10:06]
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:10 - Nov 4 | Radlett_blue |
| The Midterms 2026 on 09:07 - Nov 4 by baxterbasics |
Americans can put up with an obnoxious administration but they do vote with their wallets. Trump pinned rising prices on the Dems and promised better to get elected. So he's just been punished by the same voters that took his word on that. "It's the economy, stupid" as Bill Clinton once said. Also a lot of Trumps own supporters wanted to see less foreign intervention and he's let them down on that. Rural voters with farming interests have been burned by his messing about with tariffs.
If the Dems want to translate this massive swing (23 to 25% across the board it seems) into presidential success too, they absolutely have to find a more centrist candidate to the right of their party. Unfortunately the primary system makes this difficult just as it does on the other side. Moderate candidates get pushed out of the race at the early stages.
Be very interesting to see if MAGA dies with Trump. Hoping traditional Republicans now find the balls to stand up to him more than they have so far. |
Great analysis. Agree 100% with that. |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:12 - Nov 4 | BlueBadger |
| The Midterms 2026 on 05:42 - Nov 4 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Despite what many think, America is centre right country where most people want normalcy. When either party plays its hand too far left or too far right, they’ll get dumped, just like 2024.
Iran and gas prices have clearly had a huge impact in rural America though. Texas doesn’t surprise me as much, there has been a big shift in population growth from the likes of California to TX to with Austin etc
Iowa and the Carolinas are the prime example of people voting with their wallets. Those have been safe red strongholds that aren’t exactly new tech hubs. |
Didn't you vote against 'normalcy' three times on the trot? | |
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| This is also a defeat of Elon Musk on 10:19 - Nov 4 | unstableblue |
He funded this Republican mid term campaign with a mind boggling amount of money - $446m!!
Insane
And it failed miserably including on his main focus Texas
Essentially because just like his backing of Tommy Robinson in the UK, it was based on hate filled rhetoric and questionable candidates all underpinned by a morally bankrupt President
All because he wants carte Blanche on his Ai and data centre drive that is out of control and military contracts
It’s corruption |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:19 - Nov 4 | lowhouseblue |
| The Midterms 2026 on 10:05 - Nov 4 by BlueBadger |
I mean, Trump is still ultimately in charge of foreign policy and basically openly supporting Putin and Netanyahu's war crimes, the Supreme Court is still stuffed with his ringers(mean that things like the reinstatement of Wade Vs Roe, for example, will be incredibly difficult for the foreseeable future), the tide of misinformation and hate from various outlets continues to flow unchecked, Trump himself will likely escape any kind of real censure for his actions over the past decade and the Democrats will probably still find a way to learn absolutely nothing from this and field the possible candidate against JD Vance in two years time but sure, you can have your weird little gloat about this piece of semantics if you like. [Post edited 4 Nov 10:16]
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some of that is indeed true, but none of it amounts to fascism. even when there are bad actors elected, democracy with its checks and balances hasn't ended. | |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:28 - Nov 4 | Wacko |
| The Midterms 2026 on 10:19 - Nov 4 by lowhouseblue |
some of that is indeed true, but none of it amounts to fascism. even when there are bad actors elected, democracy with its checks and balances hasn't ended. |
ICE seems pretty fascist? |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:32 - Nov 4 | redrickstuhaart |
| The Midterms 2026 on 10:28 - Nov 4 by Wacko |
ICE seems pretty fascist? |
As is shutting down elements of the press, suing law firms, using the state to prosecute political rivals, etc etc | |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:35 - Nov 4 | lowhouseblue |
| The Midterms 2026 on 10:28 - Nov 4 by Wacko |
ICE seems pretty fascist? |
"pretty fascist"? i've no idea what that means - it's entirely in the eye of the beholder. clearly ice is operating within the us legal and political system and is subject to those constraints. but if "pretty fascist' means i disagree with some of the things ice has done and the political decisions directing it, then ok i guess. | |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:37 - Nov 4 | BlueandTruesince82 |
Tough work for the dems starts now. They have to be able to show in 2 years either achievement or being hamstrung by Trup veto and exec orders. Otherwise the Republicans will base their next presidential campaign around pointing the finger and saying see.
Lots to overcome for both parties.
Dems need to be united, find a clear direction and articulate policies to the public. Its still a very divided party.
Reps need to work out if and if so how, they move on from MAGA. I'm not sure they will. Not in 2 years but maybe after that I can see Don Jr thowing his hat in the ring for run. Does JD Vance want to try and follow Trump? Does the Republican party want him too? Some of their more capable and sensible candidates have been pushed out for Trump loyalists. Would Talarico have won if the awful Ken Paxton hadn't been pushed onto the Texas ticket by Trump?
Talarico and Ossoff both look like future possible candidates for the dems but both have said they will serve their full terms 1st so that certainly won't be 2028, Newsome looks like he may have a tilt.
Lots of questions for both parties but yesterday was a nhoof day from POV with a clear rejection of MAGA. Much of that due to grocery and gas prices. |  |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:39 - Nov 4 | nrb1985 |
| The Midterms 2026 on 09:16 - Nov 4 by Swansea_Blue |
Ah ok thanks, so more about some of the particular States than overall surprise then. Presumably this also limits (or potentially reverses?) some of the Republican dominance in the courts too? |
Senate is generally fought on local state level issues like farming and data centers which were the two biggies this time.
The house is more a referendum on the president because all 435 (I think!) seats are up for selection, so you can extrapolate national level polling to what happens in the house.
Now the dems control both houses I think they can block Trump appointees but don't think they can reverse any (somebody may correct me on that though). [Post edited 4 Nov 11:14]
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:43 - Nov 4 | BanksterDebtSlave |
| The Midterms 2026 on 03:20 - Nov 4 by Perublue |
Michigan is the intriguing one which could have a lasting impact…success there for democrats could give them the idea that branch of the democrats is electable on a larger scale which we know it isn’t and if they go down that path a loss to a Trump style puppet is a danger.
Jon Ossoff … the next election may be too early but I can see him being acceptable to the wider electorate. |
The Democratic Socialists of America said that more than 50 DSA candidates won their races in tonight’s midterms.
“Workers deserve more and a reality where all of us live with dignity and hope is closer than we think,” the organization wrote in a social media post. “The job’s not done, though. Tomorrow, we continue organizing, fighting, and winning for the working class!” |  |
| "They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches." | | Poll: | What you watching. |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:44 - Nov 4 | BanksterDebtSlave |
| The Midterms 2026 on 05:42 - Nov 4 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Despite what many think, America is centre right country where most people want normalcy. When either party plays its hand too far left or too far right, they’ll get dumped, just like 2024.
Iran and gas prices have clearly had a huge impact in rural America though. Texas doesn’t surprise me as much, there has been a big shift in population growth from the likes of California to TX to with Austin etc
Iowa and the Carolinas are the prime example of people voting with their wallets. Those have been safe red strongholds that aren’t exactly new tech hubs. |
Stop pretending your politics are normal Joey. | |
| "They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches." | | Poll: | What you watching. |
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| The Midterms 2026 on 10:50 - Nov 4 | Guthrum |
| The Midterms 2026 on 08:34 - Nov 4 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
The House was always on the cards, that always basically happens to the sitting administration.
The Senate was considered an outside chance a year ago, to a possibility a few months ago, to the betting favorite in recent weeks.
The bigger surprise is some of these deep red states electing democratic senators. South Carolina, Kansas, that’s as Republican as it gets traditionally.
Hopefully we get a more moderate coming together.
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Indeed. A wild swing the other way, or overmuch vengefulness, might be satisfying to those who hate Trump, but it will not be good for the country. Nor indeed for the global community if the USA descends into a legislative civil war. |  |
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