The Trump factor

Throughout his second term, Trump has often made unilateral decisions, with a Republican-controlled Congress providing little pushback.

This has meant nearly two years marked by sweeping tariffs resulting in trade wars, ICE and other federal agents mobilizing in U.S. cities, and a war in Iran.

But roughly two-thirds of Americans said that Trump was to blame for higher-than-usual prices, according to a September AP-NORC poll. And throughout his second term, his approval rating has slid steadily, with many polls now putting it below 40%.

In a pre-election attempt to energize GOP turnout, Trump undertook a blitz of rallies through swing states and some red states. Republicans hoped he could convince voters who came out in 2024 to support him to also come out in the lower-turnout midterms to juice GOP numbers.

However, the president insisted late Tuesday night that Republicans lost not because of him but in spite of him. As results rolled in, he posted on social media, "I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter."

And in a phone interview with Fox News just after midnight, Trump said he doesn't see the result as being a referendum on him.

"I don't view it as a hit on me," he said. "I think we've done a, we've had the greatest two years in the history of the presidency in terms of the economy, in terms of all the things that we've done."

Come January, Trump will face a Democratic Congress emboldened to take him on.

In a Tuesday night press release, Colorado Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia noted that, as incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee, he has "vowed to take on the Trump Crime Family, corporate corruption, DHS and ICE abuses, and the cover-up of the Epstein files." He added that he had a statement on Democrats' new control of the House: "Lawyer up."

A growing tally of Democratic wins

Democrats' Senate pickups came across diverse states, including battlegrounds in North Carolina and Maine, as well as some red states such as Iowa, Ohio, Texas, Kansas and South Carolina.

In some states the wins represent the end of an era – in deep-red South Carolina, Democrat Annie Andrews ousted incumbent Republican Sen. Darline Graham, who this year took over the seat after the death of her brother, longtime Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.

And in Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson's win will end the nearly 30-year Senate career of one of the only remaining Senate Republicans willing to separate herself from the MAGA brand.

In Ohio, meanwhile, Democrat Sherrod Brown's win over Republican Jon Husted will reinstate him as senator after a two-year absence. Brown served as a senator until he lost reelection in 2024 to Republican Bernie Moreno.

Democrats also flipped more than a dozen Republican House seats, including multiple that Republicans drew to be more favorable to their own party. That number will likely grow, as dozens of races have yet to be called.

Democrats need a net gain of three seats to gain control of the House, but with many race results outstanding, it's not yet possible to definitively say Democrats will control the House.

There were also four gubernatorial flips for Democrats, in Iowa, Texas, Georgia and Ohio. Those included multiple firsts: In Texas, Democrat Gina Hinojosa will be the state's first Latina governor. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will become the nation's first Black female governor after her win in Georgia. And in Ohio, Democrat Amy Acton, Ohio's former health director, will be the state's first female governor.

Republicans, meanwhile, have held onto the Florida governor's mansion, with Rep. Byron Donalds now set to be Florida's first Black governor.

Candidate quality

While Trump loomed over the election, it's not possible to attribute Republicans' losses entirely to him.

In Texas, for example, Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton had an array of scandals to his name, including federal indictment for securities fraud and impeachment in the Republican-led state House for misusing his office to benefit a donor.

And an ad from Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign gained massive negative attention in the weeks leading up to the election. That ad featured Democratic candidate Amy Acton's estranged mother, accusing her daughter of being a liar. Acton has long claimed that her stepfather sexually abused her and criticized her mother for staying with him after his arrest. Acton's mother said in the ad that her daughter's accusations were lies.

Even some high-profile Republicans, including Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, criticized the ad. Ramaswamy eventually took it down.

While it may become clear tonight which party will soon control the House or even the Senate, it may still be days and weeks until all races are called. In Alaska in 2024, it took 15 days to call a statewide House race.

Alaska's tight Senate race is already in the national spotlight after Trump's Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block the certification of results there if the Republican incumbent loses, saying voters could be confused by two Dan Sullivans on the ranked-choice ballot (one is the incumbent, and one is not affiliated with a party). A federal judge threw out that lawsuit last week, though the DOJ has said it plans to appeal.

Trump has been sowing election distrust for months, including with an extraordinary July primetime address where he alleged – without providing any new evidence – that American elections were vulnerable to being "rigged and stolen." In addition, he has continued to repeat the lie that he won the 2020 presidential election and to insist in his speeches that Democrats "cheat."

However, he said Tuesday night, in an interview with the New York Times, that he is "absolutely willing" to accept the midterm results.

>>1546742
>Resounding rebuke
lol. lel even.
It wasn't that bad. 54-46 was well within the expected range.
No impeachment for you.
Anyway, America and especially Texas just failed the test.
No trust in voters. No 5K checks.
Sad.

>>1546742
they deserve it for not dealing with the domestic terrorists well tough luck i guess. thanks for doing absolutely nothing in the 2 years you owned everything besides annoy people with tariffs.

>>1546750
>We expected to lose South Carolina
Lol. Lmao even.

>>1546750
So you don't consider it democracy, but a test of blind devotion to a private club.

When you shake your head is it quiet or do you hear a rattle?

>>1546750
its fine julius ceasar had to get captured by pirates along the way to his conquest. this is the same in 2 years time democrats will kill everyone and turn the country into a single party dictatorship, kirkings will be common place and all we can do is blame the coward rights for not putting down the lunatic lefts. Everyone laughing at tmz should've been lynched but no they let them go.
>>1546757
you voted democrat you should die terrorist, the previous guy didn't actually match the democrat's bigotry and terrorism so he deserves this outcome as well.

>>1546742
nice election fraud time for a recount in every blue state we all know most of those people who voted are dead and buried.

>>1546759
What about all of the deep red states Republicans lost?

>>1546760
they lost because the democrats padded the voter counts with fake votes. then had ukraine hackers hack into the election systems to delete votes from republicans.
we all know what you did it doesn't take a genius. midterns got taken over by extreme leftist election interference.

And so the cope begins.

>>1546750
>no 5k cheques
Hey retards
Trump could have given those out at any time
he could give them out right now
he loses nothing by doing so
there's absolutely no reason for him not to
but he won't
because he was never going to
you're a retarded sucker
a slack-jawed credulous faggot
an actual classical idiot

America is now left wing. And by the will of the people.
What are you personally going to do about it, keyboard warrior rightards of /news/? Do your fucking worst.
If you dare, impotent faggots..

>>1546755
Nope. Nor MI, nor TX. But I was expecting worse because apparently voters have the attention span of field mice.
>>1546757
Yes and Democrats are the private club.
>>1546758
>in 2 years time democrats will kill everyone and turn the country into a single party dictatorship,
They will if they ever gain control of the federal government again.
They really didn't gain much power this election, rather, they simply kneecapped some of Trump's power.
>>1546761
Most likely. Hopefully Elon uses Starlink to reverse it.

>>1546766
>cheques
Speak English, faggot.

>>1546761
man ukraine seems powerful

>>1546769
>I was expecting worse
Mississippi is looking like it's going to flip, what more could you have possibly been expecting to lose, Alabama?

>>1546772
More. Way more.
Since the Democrat's only skill is pushing propaganda, I was seriously expecting that Blue tsunami.

>>1546769
>>1546773
They must teach projection to these guys.

>>1546773
>I was seriously expecting that Blue tsunami
I've never seen cope like this before.

>>1546758
>kirkings will be common plac
Some gun deaths are unavoidable in a free firearm society

Daily reminder that Congressional Democrats couldn't even enter a federal office building that was being "guarded" by one civilian working for DOGE.

Nothing is gonna happen. They hate being accountable for anything.

>>1546769
>They really didn't gain much power this election, rather, they simply kneecapped some of Trump's power.
Lmao looking to be a 55-56 seat majority and now every Republican knows voters fucking hate Trump and have active reason to back anything against him to save their own asses in 2028.

Not to mention Texas turned blue. Abbott got btfoed after almost a decade of governor. If it stays like that, Republicans will never win another presidential election.

>>1546742
Fucking awesome. I'm a Democrat farmer/rancher in Oklahoma, and even though my shitty state didn't turn blue (I knew it wouldn't) it feels good that the people have spoken. Fuck maga and anyone who supports it.

>>1546742
Special shoutout to Haley Stevens dramatically committing political suicide to absolutely zero effect. Literally could've just kept her mouth shut but instead destroyed all her credibility in one fucking video.

>>1546742
Fuck man, this shouldn't be possible. I expected Texas democrats to get one win, but this is unheard of. They even took the railroad commission away from that weird guy who wouldn't stop saying racist shit. That one wasn't even on anyone's radar because it was meant to be an easy win for Republicans.

>>1546802
Texas has always been purple. This is what happens when people don't give in to apathy and actually turn out. Hopefully this is a lesson Texas dems will remember.

>>1546806
They also have to overcome Texas voter suppression. I remember Paxton or some other Texas republican bragging that trump only won because they engaged in so much voter suppression.

>>1546798
>destroys her credibility
>forces Obama to rein in the party
>gets fucking Schumer to back an anti-Israel candidate
>unites the African American and Arab population in Michigan for one important night
I think AES should be thanking her

>>1546820
Considering she's an Israeli stooge, this just means it backfired even more horrifically.

Like holy shit; by doing this, she literally showed AIPAC puppets care about Israel more than anything else they say across their entire campaigns. She didn't just sabotage her own career, she took any lingering doubts about how bad AIPAC is with her for most of the party. It literally would've been so much better for her and them if she just shut up after El Sayed kicked her out of events.

>the Democrat's only skill
>Democrat's
The esl shill has a skill issue.
Since just hours ago, the Democrats' skill is not only turning Texas blue but being superior to the esl shill who doesn't know where to correctly place an apostrophe.

>>1546742
lol

Justice for Good and Pretti
Stopping Israeli-dictated wars
Standing up to Russia
Removing Corruption
Improving America

Yep, looks like America took a step in the right direction last night

>>1546797
Maga will be coming to your doors to fuck you this message has sentenced your family to 3 generations of coal mining

>>1546829
U r a Faggot

>>1546750
56-44

>>1546829
Lol I'm a gun toting democrat. And maga are pussies.

genuine congratulations to libs. just remember zionism and judiasm are the same thing and the real significance of epstein was the kosher nostra political influence in both parties, trump is just the most blatantly guilty of it.

>>1546758
>kirkings will be common place
Live in fear rightoid

>>1546750
>No 5K checks
Maybe he should have handed out those checks before the election eh

man, honestly lets be real there will never be a republican governor in texas ever again now that the state has flipped, a republican president too now now that they have the votes in texas, we are kind of witnessing history here, idk what this really bodes but the US is gonna turn into a 1 party nation here pretty soon, next 30-50 years les than that maybe.

It's a BLUEKKAKE

can asian moot shut down /pol/ now, too?

Remember, MIGA: suicide is always an option.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Trump says "Fuck this" and resigns
He's 80, in poor health, and now has nothing to look forward to but two years of gridlock and Congressional investigations while his party pushes him to the side to find his replacement for 2028
No more rallies. No more campaigning. No more being the star of the show. None of the things he actually enjoys doing

>>1546865
Nope. President Trump is a warrior and will not stop fighting for America. You liggerals are in for a rude awakening if you think the MAGA movement is over, we are most dangerous when surrounded on all sides.

>>1546868
next time you pretend to be liggerman you need to abandon coherent sentence structure and standard English grammar.

>>1546869
Shut the fuck up retarded ligtroon

>>1546869
Yep, just translate between Russian, English, and Indian a couple dozen times to grammatically fuck up any statement and you have something resembling ESLese
To be 100% you'd need to reduce your IQ down into the 60-70 range, but no one will fault you if you don't go that far and just fake being cripplingly retarded

>>1546868
>we are most dangerous when surrounded on all sides.
Nigga your retard of a president couldnt get anything done these 2 years with a GOP controlled house. Your saying now that Dems own congress and its clear even die hard red states are getting sick of Trump, NOW shits going to be done?

>>1546872
well yeah, Republicunts don't have policy positions, they just complain about what Dems are doing
Now that they're not in charge they can start complaining again

>>1546761
Doesn't matter. Trump already conceded the midterm results.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-is-willing-accept-midterm-election-results-nyt-reports-2026-11-04/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6073l9y15xxo

>>1546870
Yes like that, you're learning pajeet.

>>1546750
>It wasn't that bad.
Historic. It was historic.

>>1546886
They're still coping and hoping that Democrats fixing Texas won't completely destroy everything they've been building for the last 30 years

>>1546773
What, specifically?
Democrats won seats that weren't even considered in play in some of the deepest red states in the Union
They've already flipped 30 seats in the House and there are still dozens that haven't been called
They flipped at least seven Senate seats, some in states that haven't had a Democrat Senator in decades, and based on the 2028 and 2030 Senate maps will probably hold the Senate for the next six years, meaning Democrats will almost certainly be deciding who replaces Thomas and Alito on the Supreme Court
They flipped at least six governor's mansions
They flipped multiple state Houses of Representatives and state Senates
So again I ask
Specifically, and in your own words, what was the threshold Democrats needed to reach "blue tsunami" status for you?

>>1546886
Cheating isn't legitimate history making. You had the MSM owned media attacking and lying about Trump on all sides and there still hasn't been an investigation into the ballots. Millions of them are 100% illegal votes

Charlie Kirk died for nothing

>>1546894
Migger tears are delicious

>>1546896
His final words were downplaying rampant gun violence in the United States
He was a willing human sacrifice at the alter of the NRA

>>1546896
Turning point indeed

>>1546753
>addresses zero issues people actually care about
>makes everything more expensive
>insults everyone who criticizes him
>turns Texas blue
>first election he just accepts defeat
What did he mean by this?

>>1546761
Not even Trump makes up voter fraud this time. He just conceded. Lazy fucker let's the /pol/ idiots on 4chan come up with the conspiracy theories this time.

>>1546903
He wanted Democrats to win everything so he would have an excuse for not cleaning up all of the messes he's made
Now he can just golf for two years and blame nothing getting done on those bad old Democrats

>>1546906
>losing Texas to own the libs

>>1546797
I hate Trump and the MAGA cult, but I'm curious what Oklahoma Republicans did to lose a farmer lol. Or is is just an anti-Trump thing regardless of what's happening in OK?

>>1546907
I never wanted to be owned that hard before

>>1546908
Probably more or less the same issues that caused him to lose the entire country county by county

>>1546865
God that would be so fucking funny. Think of all the people who still trust him for some reason, who voted for him again, just so he resigns and let's Vance take over selling the country lmao

>>1546907
He's never cared about the actual hard work of being president, he just likes the power and the fact that everyone has to pay attention to him and treat him with some level of respect
What he's always loved is running for president. Campaigning, doing rallies, that stuff. Which is why he turned the midterms into basically another presidential election for himself (even though the first thing he did when they started calling races for Democrats was tweet that he wasn't on the ballot).
This was his last chance to do that. I think even he realizes in 2028 he's going to have to let someone else take center stage and get all of the attention.
So he doesn't care anymore. He's going to check out and coast for the next two years putting in bare minimum required effort.

>>1546918
You waited until he was absolutely powerless to claim he's just a harmless aloof crazy cook. Sorry, not buying it, vlad.

>>1546921
Never said harmless
Just very, very lazy

>>1546903
Fuck you, got mine.

>>1546923
No he has 24,642 stock trades on record since starting his second term. He's been very busy and active. Just not in any way that helps our country.

>>1546918
>>1546921
>>1546923
I mean to be fair, the claim that Trump enjoys campaigning more than governing is absolutely fucking true.

>>1546925
>>1546926
How about we settle on "Completely uninterested in actually leading the country he was elected to lead"?

>>1546926
That's because he likes the power and corruption. He's not campaigning for anyone other than himself.

This is going to be a very predictable two years. You're going to see the Democrats blow their load with the immigrants with the Trump investigations. They're also going to have to justify why they're not going to end the war with Iran, since Temu Obama is the biggest zionist in the party. Getting rid of the jeet and Darlene Graham is worth it. Hinojosa won't last more than one cycle after she opens up the border. Basically, they're just going to set the Republicans up for another Trump like candidate to come back in and promise to save the day and the pendulum swings back

>>1546938
i await your tears when ice agents start getting locked up

>coping this hard

>>1546938
This. Dems have no clue why they won. They will ignore all that cost of living shit and go back to importing infinity Mexicans and oppressing white men, along with tranny propaganda. It's the only things Dems know how to do. MAGA will return, stronger than before, perhaps with Barron or Don Jr. at the helm.

>>1546941
we all know you're replying to yourself faggot. there's truly something wrong with you

Nice fanfics, 1546938 1546941.

>>1546753
It's really crazy how little he achieved in 2 years besides tariff meme shit and harassing wealthy european tourists with ICE. What a fucking failure.

>>1546941
>Trans obsessed faggot didn't learn his lesson.
You're right, there was no problem with anything you've done. Don't introspect at all, (shouldn't be hard for a narcissistic psycho), don't change anything you've been doing, just keep coping and seething about how you aren't the problem and fantasizing about the opposition being as impotent as you and you'll totes be fine next election cycle. And please, please don't kill yourself, please keep sharing your wisdom with the board, no matter how many times you get btfo for being a mongoloid retard.

>>1546941
>Barron Trump as candidate.
The autistic vote demographic isn't that big to lure it with that nosferatu sasquatch KEK.
And he probably already strangled and buried his first prostitute under Andrew Tate's "dating coaching", so there's enough kompromat against him to be useless as a political project. The trump surname is cursed on the voting ballot for decades to come.

>>1546926
Behaving like an eternal candidate is the trademark of populist leaders from banana republics, and trump would love to be "Maduro, but with nukes"

>1546941
I'm old enough to remember when one of the key selling points of Donald Trump was he was an outsider who would put an end to political dynasties like the Bushs and the Clintons

>>1546948
>The trump surname is cursed on the voting ballot for decades to come.
And not just in the US, but in the entire world as well. The french far right is already trying to distance themselves from Trump after yesterday's humiliation, and the other fascists around will follow suit. "Vote for us, we're not like the american incompetent and corrupt rightists, we swear!"

>>1546953
Watch as Putin will also turn his back on trump

>>1546750
>>1546758
>>1546759
>>1546761
>>1546868
>>1546894
You won't do nothing, you won't revolt. Trumpism proved that the 2A folk are just gun collectors and tough talkers. Donnie took your cash, poisoned your land, sent your kids to die on some Iranian dune, kissed bibi and vova's ass and you did nothing. Nobody will believe you from now on.
The only thing you can do is get in the line an VOTE next time, like everybody does.

>>1546956
its hilarious how impotent gun nuts are now

all you have to do is get them to scurry back into their holes, then you can just bomb them all to death.

>>1546953
>distance themselves from Trump
What is this meme
Just because Trump decided to trust Israel doesn't mean that the french now want infinite immigration and regular race riots over malfunctioning AC units in schools.

>>1546768
>America is now left wing.
lol Democrats aren't left wing. Someone lied to you.

>Someone lied to you
I'm not a MAGAtard. That's the diference.
>b-b-but something isn't what you think it is, b-b-because I say so!
I'm not the one lying to myself.
>y-y-you MUST listen to meeeeee!
>rightards' wrong opinions go straight into the trash
When I want your opinion, loser migger failures, I'll give it to you.
Cry, moan, seethe, and die soon, MAGA

>>1546827
Actually we took a step to the left.

>>1546967
Actually its put your hands on your hips.

>>1546896
He died for the lulz which is something

>>1546969
>6969

they turned his funeral into a cheap christian rock concert and pretended we mocked him dying

>>1546939
I don't give a fuck about ICE agents. They're still the boot. Democrats are going to have to explain why they are arresting ICE while simultaneously letting in another 10 million people sucking up welfare while working people are struggling to afford anything. The Democrats get to impeach Trump, but they opened themselves up to losing another presidency. Should a have waited until 28 for the blue wave.

esl shill still impotently raging
goooooooooooooooood

President El-Sayed is coming

>>1546939
Others don't need to wait for tears from the esl shill:
>Should a have waited
Tears from the migger Sad-aurkar seething, because their orange Baron Harkkonen has been defeated by the waves of Fremen with blue eyes. The schadenfreude must flow.

>>1546960
>What is this meme
>Just because Trump decided to trust Israel doesn't mean that the french now want infinite immigration and regular race riots over malfunctioning AC units in schools.
Are you clinically retarded? What does any of your nonsense have to do with the reality that : https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/european-far-right-distances-itself-trump-blaming-iran-war-republicans-defeat-2026-11-04/

>>1546971
> while simultaneously letting in another 10 million people sucking up welfare while working people are struggling to afford anything.
I'll take "things that only happen in racist mastubatory fantasies" for 100$.

>>1546941
They know why they won. Now they'll sit dumbfounded as they have to undo 30+ of Democrat policy to win in '28.
Of course, with dRumpf pretty much over, and voters proving they're retarded, the country will continue on it's downward trend.
Time to look for a county not fucked by liggeralism.

>>1546975
Have you ever considered that journalists lie in pursuit of political goals?
This must be groundbreaking news for you.

>>1546971
Illegal immigrants don't recieve welfare, chomo, and the billions of dollars trump gamed from the stock market and spent in his war of choice that he ran on Harris starting are way more of a drain that your fables. Texas has historically been purple due to voter suppression and apathy. The apathy is gone now because they know it can be done. You're getting ass raped in 28 by California and blexus. Cope and seethe harder pillow-biter.
>>1546973
No it isn't, that'd be fucking handing them a win, half the dems are islamaphobic and none of what's left of the closeted right is voting against white jesus; but Talarico would do well with far left progressives and centrist religious idiots, and knows how to reach across the aisle (and steal their votes).

>>1546990
>Have you ever considered that journalists lie in pursuit of political goals?
So you're saying that an article reporting on actual quotes of actual politicians is somehow "journalists lying in pursuit of political goals"?
Are you trolling or actually a gigantic moron? Whichever it is, kill yourself.

>>1547000
>So you're saying that an article reporting on actual quotes of actual politicians is somehow "journalists lying in pursuit of political goals"?
You need to be close to someone in order to distance yourself from them, retard.
Ask yourself: what does the French """"""far right"""""" have to do with an American president?
The answer is nothing. You're a mental midget.

>>1546750
>Anyway, America and especially Texas just failed the test.
what a douche you are. Who even are you? Some nobody.
Have you ever been to texas? Even met one?

>>1547001
>You need to be close to someone in order to distance yourself from them, retard.
...God you're even dumber than everyone thought.
On the bright side, you're a fantastic example of why doing crack while pregnant is a terrible idea. You should be show in schools.

>Ask yourself: what does the French """"""far right"""""" have to do with an American president?
It's the same political movement, goober. The far right. Which up until now was cheering on and supporting Trump. Like Trump was supporting the RN in France, the AfD in Germany, etc. And now everyone is running away from the sinking ship like the rats they are. Except of course the absolute lowest possible human scum. Like you.
Seriously, you need to die. The Earth will provably be better off without you.

>>1547005
>It's the same political movement
Also they were both propped up by russian bots, same with the far right in Germany and that far right secession movement in Canada.
Ukraine blows up the Russian botfarm and it all falls apart.
Also posting on 4chan was a bit more pleasant during the time before the bots came back.
Imagine that.