US midterms voters said: enough is enough. Is this the beginning of the end for Trump?
With Democrats in power, Trump may be under siege and lose his dominance over the Republican party – but his id will relish the prospect of fighting US midterms 2026 live – latest updates Tell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results?
Key points
- That now seems fitting: the US president has himself fought one battle too many, and appears to have brought about his own destruction.
- Democrats won Senate seats for the first time in Kansas since 1932, in Texas since 1988 and in South Carolina since 1998.
- Tuesday’s US midterm elections were a thumping, shellacking and extinction-level event rolled into one.
The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.
Additional details
- Ruby-red Republican strongholds once deemed safe toppled like dominoes.
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